{"id":20791,"date":"2024-11-16T14:14:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T13:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=20791"},"modified":"2024-11-16T16:55:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:55:43","slug":"true-3-ondo-governorship-candidates-withdrew-for-aiyedatiwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/true-3-ondo-governorship-candidates-withdrew-for-aiyedatiwa\/","title":{"rendered":"True! 3 Ondo governorship candidates withdrew for Aiyedatiwa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CLAIM: A TikTok user, @brodabanter_backup_page, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@brodabanter_backup_page\/video\/7437390598966873376?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7431959917646333446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> three governorship candidates have withdrawn their candidacy for Aiyedatiwa.<\/strong> The claim also appeared on Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0YxyYS9eVqPDeD42kAvZxaanRW9vTadtjgaA2C5Q454BPLdWKpSFjvvjgto7yMkCbl&amp;id=100095305369670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FINDINGS:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecable.ng\/ondo-poll-nrm-adc-ap-three-governorship-candidates-adopt-aiyedatiwa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The NFC found<\/a> credible <a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/politics\/ondo-decides\/ondo-2024-three-candidates-withdraw-for-aiyedatiwa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news reports<\/a> from November 14 corroborating the claim. Ebenezer Adeniyan, the chief press secretary (CPS) to the Ondo governor, Aiyedatiwa, confirmed that the candidates had backed the governor. The candidates are Ajibola Falaye of the Accord Party (AP), Jenyo Ataunoko of the National Rescue Movement (NRM), and Olaide Ibrahim, the deputy candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"57\" data-attachment-id=\"20095\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/live-fact-check-dubawa-nfc-monitor-mis-disinformation-on-edo-governorship-election\/true-1-1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/TRUE-1-1.png?fit=135%2C57&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"135,57\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TRUE-1-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/TRUE-1-1.png?fit=135%2C57&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/TRUE-1-1.png?resize=135%2C57\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20095\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#09d188\"><strong>VERDICT: CORRECT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SOURCES: The Cable &amp; The Guardian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DATE: <\/strong>16\/11\/2024&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FACTCHECK AUTHOR: Muktar Balogun<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EDITORS: Lois UGBEDE &amp; Opeyemi Kehinde<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLAIM: A TikTok user, @brodabanter_backup_page, claimed three governorship candidates have withdrawn their candidacy for Aiyedatiwa. The claim also appeared on Facebook here. FINDINGS: The NFC found credible news reports from November 14 corroborating the claim. Ebenezer Adeniyan, the chief press secretary (CPS) to the Ondo governor, Aiyedatiwa, confirmed that the candidates had backed the governor. The candidates are Ajibola Falaye of the Accord Party (AP), Jenyo Ataunoko of the National Rescue Movement (NRM), and Olaide Ibrahim, the deputy candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). VERDICT: CORRECT SOURCES: The Cable &amp; The Guardian DATE: 16\/11\/2024&nbsp; FACTCHECK AUTHOR: Muktar Balogun EDITORS: Lois UGBEDE &amp; Opeyemi Kehinde<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20498,"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":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"default","_instagram_share_type":"default","_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":[1571,5,3812,3815,3797,16],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3760],"class_list":["post-20791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-elections","category-headline","category-homepage","category-live-updates","category-politics"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-5pl","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3760,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"nigerian-fact-checkers-coalition-1","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\/2024\/10\/Ondo-governor.png?fit=1080%2C717&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20791","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=20791"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20798,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20791\/revisions\/20798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20791"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=20791"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=20791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}