{"id":20310,"date":"2024-09-30T17:45:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T16:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=20310"},"modified":"2024-09-30T17:45:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T16:45:13","slug":"claim-fbi-uncovered-6-billion-inec-result-sheets-from-wikes-london-house-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/claim-fbi-uncovered-6-billion-inec-result-sheets-from-wikes-london-house-false\/","title":{"rendered":"Claim FBI uncovered $6 billion, INEC result sheets from Wike\u2019s London house, false"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: <\/strong>A Facebook user claims<\/a> that the FBI has uncovered N6 billion and election results from the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike\u2019s London\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: False<\/strong>. The alleged items the FBI uncovered were not found in Mr Wike\u2019s house. Rather, they are classified documents recovered from former president Donald Trump\u2019s house in Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amidst an economic downturn stemming from poor leadership and gross corruption, a Facebook user, Igbo Times Magazine<\/a>, claimed that the United States (US) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uncovered $6 billion and 2027 election results in the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike\u2019s London house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBreaking News: FBI uncovers $6 billion at ex-governor Wike\u2019s London house, with already written 2027 election result.\u201d Part of the post read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Facebook user included photos of a roomful of stacked cartons, Mr Wike, and the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Thursday, Sept. 27, 2024, the post has earned 29 likes and 27 comments and has been shared 33 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Facebook users cast apparent doubts about the claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c…Let CNN give us the news, then we would believe it.\u201d David Ekueme wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWike doesn’t have any house outside Port Harcourt.\u201d John Akagbusi opined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo they already know who and who would (contest) the next elections?\u201d Triple Emm queried. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the contentious sentiments surrounding the claim and its sensitivity, DUBAWA decided to verify it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA subjected the photos used to represent the uncovered monies by the FBI and discovered that the image is associated with former US president<\/a> Donald Trump, when classified files boxes were found hidden in his private home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the classified documents linked to former president Donald Trump.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To provide more context for the boxes of documents, we conducted a keyword search related to the files and the former US president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Aug. 2022, Aljazeera<\/a> reported that the FBI recovered \u201ctop secret\u201d documents from Mr Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The news outlet further reported that a property receipt opened by the court on Friday reveals the FBI agents took 11 sets of classified records from the estate during the search.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The search arose from suspected violations of the US Espionage Act related to the illegal withholding of security documents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of Aljazeera\u2019s report on the FBI\u2019s discovery of classified documents in Mr Trump\u2019s private home.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cable News Network (CNN)<\/a>\u00a0 and Politico<\/a> reported similar details of the FBI\u2019s search on the former president\u2019s private home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA also examined the alleged election results posted by the claimant and noticed that it is not, and does not bear semblance to the election results usually presented by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Rather, the alleged \u201celection results\u201d are labelled \u201cSecret\/SCI.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of a regular INEC result\u00a0 Vs the screenshot of the alleged election<\/em> results found in Mr Wike\u2019s house.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We checked the meaning of Secret\/SCI and discovered<\/a> it refers to Secret\/Sensitive Comparted Information, which allows employees to access classified national security information. It has nothing to do with election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA critically searched for news reports, both international and local, for details about the alleged money discovery in the FCT Minister\u2019s purported London home but found none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The claim is false. The images used to portray the alleged $6 billion and election results discovery have no material backing, and neither is linked to the FCT Minister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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