{"id":13850,"date":"2023-02-28T19:08:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T18:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=13850"},"modified":"2023-02-28T19:08:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T18:08:56","slug":"no-atiku-did-not-get-25-in-all-24-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/no-atiku-did-not-get-25-in-all-24-states\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Atiku did not get 25% in all 24 states"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CLAIM: <\/strong>A breaking news headline posted<\/a> on Facebook by Page 36 News claims that the PDP\u2019s Atiku Abubakar has become the first 2023 presidential candidate to meet the mandatory 25% requirement of votes cast in at least 24 states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINDING: <\/strong>The Facebook post made on 26 February 2023<\/a> provided no evidence. The report differs<\/a> from the headline. It says<\/a> Abubakar was \u201cprojected to become the first candidate to meet the mandatory 25% requirement of votes cast in at least 24 States\u201d. However, as of 7a.m. on Monday, February 27, 2023, INEC had declared<\/a> presidential election results from less than 20 states<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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

SOURCES: <\/strong>Stears, Channels TV <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DATE: <\/strong>28\/02\/2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CLAIM: A breaking news headline posted on Facebook by Page 36 News claims that the PDP\u2019s Atiku Abubakar has become the first 2023 presidential candidate to meet the mandatory 25% requirement of votes cast in at least 24 states. FINDING: The Facebook post made on 26 February 2023 provided no evidence. The report differs from the headline. It says Abubakar was \u201cprojected to become the first candidate to meet the mandatory 25% requirement of votes cast in at least 24 States\u201d. However, as of 7a.m. on Monday, February 27, 2023, INEC had declared presidential election results from less than 20 states. VERDICT: INCORRECT SOURCES: Stears, Channels TV  DATE: 28\/02\/2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13713,"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":[5,437,3797],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3744],"class_list":["post-13850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections","category-facebook-checks","category-live-updates"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-3Bo","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\/Atiku....png?fit=650%2C350&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13850","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=13850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13851,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13850\/revisions\/13851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13850"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=13850"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=13850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}