{"id":12720,"date":"2022-12-16T08:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T07:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=12720"},"modified":"2022-12-29T23:35:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T22:35:35","slug":"false-claim-on-tinubu-attributed-to-the-nigerian-fact-checkers-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/false-claim-on-tinubu-attributed-to-the-nigerian-fact-checkers-coalition\/","title":{"rendered":"False claim on Tinubu attributed to the Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attention of the Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition (NFC) has been drawn to a&nbsp; disturbing false claim attributed to our team of fact-checkers. The bogus fact-check card,&nbsp; now going viral on social media, had passed a verdict that the presidential candidate of&nbsp; the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, \u201cinherited great real estate\u201d is&nbsp; correct. <em>(See the attached graphic card below).&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The masterminds of this false information were referring to a claim made by Mr Tinubu&nbsp; while he was answering questions on his source of wealth during an interview with the&nbsp; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The authors further claimed that Mr Tinubu&nbsp; \u201cinherited Lagos from his father, tamed the Atlantic, thereby increasing the value of the&nbsp; land\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a group of credible Nigerian fact-checkers, researchers and journalists, we hereby&nbsp; dissociate ourselves from the mischief verdict concocted and attributed to us. We urge the&nbsp; public to note that none of our fact-checkers has a hand in producing this bogus fact checking card.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Nigerians prepare for the forthcoming 2023 general elections, we remain committed&nbsp; to producing well-researched fact-checks to hold politicians accountable while providing&nbsp; the electorate with verified information towards making informed decision and upholding&nbsp; the nation\u2019s democracy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Signed:&nbsp; <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Opeyemi Kehinde&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FOR: Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition (NFC).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The attention of the Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition (NFC) has been drawn to a&nbsp; disturbing false claim attributed to our team of fact-checkers. The bogus fact-check card,&nbsp; now going viral on social media, had passed a verdict that the presidential candidate of&nbsp; the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, \u201cinherited great real estate\u201d is&nbsp; correct. (See the attached graphic card below).&nbsp; The masterminds of this false information were referring to a claim made by Mr Tinubu&nbsp; while he was answering questions on his source of wealth during an interview with the&nbsp; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The authors further claimed that Mr Tinubu&nbsp; \u201cinherited Lagos from his father, tamed the Atlantic, thereby increasing the value of the&nbsp; land\u201d.&nbsp; As a group of credible Nigerian fact-checkers, researchers and journalists, we hereby&nbsp; dissociate ourselves from the mischief verdict concocted and attributed to us. We urge the&nbsp; public to note that none of our fact-checkers has a hand in producing this bogus fact checking card.&nbsp; As Nigerians prepare for the forthcoming 2023 general elections, we remain committed&nbsp; to producing well-researched fact-checks to hold politicians accountable while providing&nbsp; the electorate with verified information towards making informed decision and upholding&nbsp; the nation\u2019s democracy.&nbsp; Signed:&nbsp; Opeyemi Kehinde&nbsp; FOR: Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition (NFC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,1576],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3744],"class_list":["post-12720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-press-release"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-3ja","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3744,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"nigerian-fact-checkers-coalition","display_name":"Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tinubu-CJID.jpeg?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12720"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12756,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12720\/revisions\/12756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12720"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=12720"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=12720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}