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CLAIM: An X user @IwadiDevelopmen, shared a WhatsApp message stating that the court has disqualified the APC governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo, in the 2024 Edo election. Multiple Facebook accounte have also shared this claim as seen here, here, here and here.
FINDINGS: TheCable reports that a magistrate in the Federal Capital Territory, Abubakar Mukhtar, has denied any order disqualifying the APC candidate. The news outlet quoted the magistrate’s reaction to it as “false and misleading.” Platform Times also reported a similar development where the magistrate refuted the claim. According to the news outlet, the APC candidate had been invited by the court over the discrepancies of his birth certificate, but the court has not passed judgement yet. The APC’s spokesperson, Felix Morka, also confirmed that no court disqualified Mr Okpebholo from the election..
VERDICT: INCORRECT
SOURCES: The Cable, Platform Times, APC’s spokesperson
