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#AnambraDecides2025: Did voter sustain head injury during poll?

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CLAIM: An X user @Ojay147_  posted a picture of a man who sustained an injury on his head with the hashtag #anambradecides2025.

FINDINGS: An image search shows the image has been online since 2018. A TV report from Igbere TV News on June 24, 2018, shows that the picture was taken during a violent clash among members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the Dunukofia Local Government Area, Anambra State. The party’s deputy chairperson, Emma Otika, reportedly sustained a head injury during the attack when party executives from Dunukofia staged a protest at APGA’s state secretariat and the state House of Assembly in Awka.

#AnambraDecides2025: Did voter sustain head injury during poll?

VERDICT: Misleading

SOURCES: Igbere TV News, Facebook

DATE: 8/11/2025 

FACTCHECK AUTHOR: Fatimah Quadri

EDITOR: David Ajikobi & Simbiat Bakare

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