#AnambraDecides2025: How NFC exposed old video and how you can do that

A Facebook user posted a video displaying bundles of cash, claiming in the caption that it was “election-sensitive materials” delivered for the Anambra election. 

The NFC quickly swung into action to fact-check and found the video had nothing to do with the election. 

You can also do this. Here is how:

Observation

• If the video involves humans, landscapes, license plates, currency, languages etc, observe for details.
• In this case, we observed that the bundles are in the Nigerian Naira currency, so the video was most likely recorded in Nigeria, but this alone doesn’t prove it was recorded in Nigeria.

Reverse image search

• There are different ways to do a reverse image search, depending on the available tools to you. You can take a screenshot of the image and upload it to Google to search for the exact images. 
• You can also download the Invid plugin for Chrome, break the video into frames and conduct a reverse image search on the search engine of your choice (Google, TinEye, Yandex, etc). Invid is a video verification platform that assesses the reliability of video content spread via social media.

When did it appear

• Click on the search results to see the posts with the same video. Don’t assume. Click on the posts you see in the results page to confirm the date it was posted.
• In this case, the video mainly appeared in April 2025, months before the Anambra election. Meaning: The recent post was misleading.
• Always prioritise official pages, verified accounts and journalists.

Add context

• If a video displaying bundles of cash suddenly appears during an election, it could be a deliberate attempt to sabotage legitimate efforts to ensure a fair process or a confirmation bias of years of vote-buying and selling among Nigerians.

One more check 

• Captions often accompany images and videos. For this video, the posts claim it’s from the birthday celebration of a socialite. A keyword search of the birthday and the bundles of cash led to the same video on TikTok.

Stuck? Share with the NFC

• We understand that fact-checking an old video, especially with limited tools or a low-quality image, can be tricky. If you are stuck or don’t know how to go about fact-checking a video you came across in the Anambra elections, reach out to the Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition (NFC) on WhatsApp: +234(0)9030785265