{"id":16646,"date":"2023-11-11T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T11:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=16646"},"modified":"2023-11-11T12:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T11:19:06","slug":"no-alliance-between-lp-and-pdp-to-adopt-melaye-as-kogis-governorship-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/no-alliance-between-lp-and-pdp-to-adopt-melaye-as-kogis-governorship-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"No alliance between LP and PDP to adopt Melaye as Kogi\u2019s governorship candidate\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CLAIM: PDP gubernatorial candidate Senator Dino Melaye <\/strong>tweeted<\/strong><\/a> a press statement that the LP and PDP have formed an alliance in Kogi and have resolved to adopt him as the candidate for both parties.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINDING: The LP spokesperson Yinusa Tanko debunked it. In a phone interview, he told DUBAWA that he was unaware of such an alliance. There is also no such press release on the LP\u2019s website or social media pages.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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

SOURCES: LP spokesperson Yinusa Tanko<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DATE: 11\/11\/2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FACT-CHECK AUTHOR(s): Lademi Aborisade <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDITOR: Simbiat Bakare<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CLAIM: PDP gubernatorial candidate Senator Dino Melaye tweeted a press statement that the LP and PDP have formed an alliance in Kogi and have resolved to adopt him as the candidate for both parties. FINDING: The LP spokesperson Yinusa Tanko debunked it. In a phone interview, he told DUBAWA that he was unaware of such an alliance. There is also no such press release on the LP\u2019s website or social media pages. VERDICT: Incorrect SOURCES: LP spokesperson Yinusa Tanko DATE: 11\/11\/2023 FACT-CHECK AUTHOR(s): Lademi Aborisade  EDITOR: Simbiat Bakare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16651,"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":[5,3812,3815,3797],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3744],"class_list":["post-16646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections","category-headline","category-homepage","category-live-updates"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-4ku","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\/11\/Dino-Melaye-2.jpg?fit=768%2C487&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16646","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=16646"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16650,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16646\/revisions\/16650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16646"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=16646"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=16646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}