{"id":16705,"date":"2023-11-12T09:48:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T08:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=16705"},"modified":"2023-11-12T09:49:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T08:49:52","slug":"facebook-user-makes-false-claim-about-election-malpractice-in-imo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/facebook-user-makes-false-claim-about-election-malpractice-in-imo\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook user makes false claim about election malpractice in Imo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CLAIM: A <\/strong>video<\/strong><\/a> was posted on Facebook by user @kelvin Lewis TV, who claimed that election materials\/ballot papers had been tampered with before arriving at a polling unit in Imo State.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINDING:  A close look at the ballot shows it was marked \u201c2023 GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION, RIVER STATE\u201d. This shows that the video circulated is from the last general election in Rivers State, not from the off-cycle elections in Imo.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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

SOURCE:   NFC\u2019s  video examination<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CLAIM: A video was posted on Facebook by user @kelvin Lewis TV, who claimed that election materials\/ballot papers had been tampered with before arriving at a polling unit in Imo State. FINDING:  A close look at the ballot shows it was marked \u201c2023 GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION, RIVER STATE\u201d. This shows that the video circulated is from the last general election in Rivers State, not from the off-cycle elections in Imo. VERDICT: FALSE SOURCE:   NFC\u2019s  video examination<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16706,"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":[5,437,1571,4,3812,3815,3797],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3744],"class_list":["post-16705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections","category-facebook-checks","category-fact-check","category-featured","category-headline","category-homepage","category-live-updates"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-4lr","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\/Facebook-Feature.webp?fit=2250%2C1266&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16705","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=16705"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16708,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16705\/revisions\/16708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16705"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=16705"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=16705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}