{"id":13716,"date":"2023-02-26T17:49:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T16:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=13716"},"modified":"2023-02-26T17:49:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T16:49:20","slug":"false-pat-utomi-not-held-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/false-pat-utomi-not-held-hostage\/","title":{"rendered":"FALSE! Pat Utomi not held hostage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CLAIM:\u00a0 <\/strong>There have been viral<\/a> claims<\/a> that Prof Pat Utomi, a Labour Party Chieftain, was held hostage by thugs at a collation centre in Victoria Island, Lagos state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINDING: <\/strong>\u00a0Labour party spokesperson, Yunusa Tanko, has debunked the claim. Similarly, PPRO Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin,\u00a0 told the NFC that he was unaware of the situation. Prof Pat Utomi also confirmed that “he is fine” and described the claim as false.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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VERDICT: <\/strong>INCORRECT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOURCE: <\/strong>\u00a0Prof Pat Utomi, Yunusa Tanko, Benjamin Hundeyin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DATE: <\/strong>26\/02\/2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CLAIM:\u00a0 There have been viral claims that Prof Pat Utomi, a Labour Party Chieftain, was held hostage by thugs at a collation centre in Victoria Island, Lagos state. FINDING: \u00a0Labour party spokesperson, Yunusa Tanko, has debunked the claim. Similarly, PPRO Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin,\u00a0 told the NFC that he was unaware of the situation. Prof Pat Utomi also confirmed that “he is fine” and described the claim as false.\u00a0\u00a0 VERDICT: INCORRECT SOURCE: \u00a0Prof Pat Utomi, Yunusa Tanko, Benjamin Hundeyin. DATE: 26\/02\/2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13717,"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":[5,1571,3797],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3744],"class_list":["post-13716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections","category-fact-check","category-live-updates"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-3ze","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\/2023\/02\/Pat-Utomi.png?fit=700%2C400&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13716","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=13716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13718,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13716\/revisions\/13718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13716"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=13716"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=13716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}