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Did the Federal Government ban Edo State vigilante?

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition · 101 views · Sep 25, 2024

The Edo State government has challenged the IGP’s announcement. They argued that it is unconstitutional for the IGP to make such a declaration, insisting that the ESSN is a body set up by law passed by the Edo state House of Assembly”.

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Did Tinubu ask Edo voters to reject Obaseki?

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition · 69 views · Sep 25, 2024

A Google Reverse Image search conducted on the keyframes obtained from the video shows that the footage has been online since September 15, 2020, during the last gubernatorial election in Edo state. An earlier version of the video originally posted by TVC shows Tinubu addressing residents of Edo State urging them not to vote for Obaseki, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate at the time.