{"id":21470,"date":"2025-02-04T15:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T14:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=21470"},"modified":"2025-02-04T15:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T14:04:10","slug":"video-showing-man-driving-vehicle-without-steering-wheel-not-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/video-showing-man-driving-vehicle-without-steering-wheel-not-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Video showing man driving vehicle without steering wheel, not in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: An X user claims<\/a> a vehicle without a complete steering wheel plying the road is linked to Nigeria\u2019s popular commercial city, Lagos.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: Misleading! DUBAWA\u2019s findings show that the amusing scene is linked to South Africa, not Lagos, as the X user claimed.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, Jan. 19, 2024, an X user, Uncle Chu (@datchughuy<\/a>), shared a rather amusing video clip of a man driving a vehicle without a complete steering wheel, claiming it occurred in one of Nigeria\u2019s busy commercial cities, Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the one-minute-nine-second clip, the driver seemed unperturbed about plying the road with a rather clamped metal piece as a steering wheel while other vehicle occupants cheered him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside the video, the X user wrote, \u201cNothing  person never see for Lagos.\u201d This means nothing seems surprising in Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, the video had amassed about 1.5 million views, 7,110 likes, 1,681 reposts, 2,171 bookmarks, and quoted 303 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post ignited reactions from most other X users, who believe it was recorded in Lagos State, although a few perceived otherwise.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGet him reported to relevant authorities and arrested for endangering the lives of other road users,\u201d JUSTICE! (@Emekaelenwoke<\/a>) criticised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you think you have seen it all. Lagos is a natural mad place,\u201d Y.A (@yoadeoye<\/a>) remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is South Africa, not Lagos\u2014right-hand driving. Not left,\u201d iPissGreatness (@charles_Tune<\/a>) pointed out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This video has been circulated across various social media platforms. Here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the vitality and disparity in opinions over the video’s location,\u2019\u2019 DUBAWA decided to verify this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA analysed the video and noticed some details that were unrelated to Nigeria.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vehicle has a right-hand drive, meaning its steering wheel is on the right. This driving position is atypical of the Nigerian driving style as vehicles in Nigeria have their steering wheel on the left side.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA also noticed that the claimant’s video<\/a>  file sent on X is watermarked with an Instagram handle name, \u201cTSHEDIKUTUMELA<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We visited the handle on IG and discovered a video clip<\/a> similar to the clip shared by the claimant on X amongst the Instagram user’s posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although we could not find anything suggesting the events occurred in Nigeria, DUBAWA checked other posts that the Instagram user had shared. We noticed that he uploaded the vehicle in one of the shared posts<\/a> in the claimant\u2019s post and another vehicle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We checked the number plates of one of the vehicles that read \u201cHS75TVGP\u201d and ran a keyword search. We discovered that vehicles whose number plates end with \u201cGP\u201d indicate that they were registered in Gauteng Province, one of the nine provinces in South Africa. This shows that this vehicle is from South Africa, not Nigeria.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The claim is false. No evidence links the video to Nigeria but South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: An X user claims a vehicle without a complete steering wheel plying the road is linked to Nigeria\u2019s popular commercial city, Lagos. Verdict: Misleading! DUBAWA\u2019s findings show that the amusing scene is linked to South Africa, not Lagos, as the X user claimed.\u00a0 Full Text  On Sunday, Jan. 19, 2024, an X user, Uncle Chu (@datchughuy), shared a rather amusing video clip of a man driving a vehicle without a complete steering wheel, claiming it occurred in one of Nigeria\u2019s busy commercial cities, Lagos. In the one-minute-nine-second clip, the driver seemed unperturbed about plying the road with a rather clamped metal piece as a steering wheel while other vehicle occupants cheered him. Alongside the video, the X user wrote, \u201cNothing  person never see for Lagos.\u201d This means nothing seems surprising in Lagos. As of Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, the video had amassed about 1.5 million views, 7,110 likes, 1,681 reposts, 2,171 bookmarks, and quoted 303 times. This post ignited reactions from most other X users, who believe it was recorded in Lagos State, although a few perceived otherwise.   \u201cGet him reported to relevant authorities and arrested for endangering the lives of other road users,\u201d JUSTICE! (@Emekaelenwoke) criticised. \u201cWhen you think you have seen it all. Lagos is a natural mad place,\u201d Y.A (@yoadeoye) remarked. \u201cThis is South Africa, not Lagos\u2014right-hand driving. Not left,\u201d iPissGreatness (@charles_Tune) pointed out.  This video has been circulated across various social media platforms. Here, here, here, and here. Given the vitality and disparity in opinions over the video’s location,\u2019\u2019 DUBAWA decided to verify this. Verification  DUBAWA analysed the video and noticed some details that were unrelated to Nigeria.   The vehicle has a right-hand drive, meaning its steering wheel is on the right. This driving position is atypical of the Nigerian driving style as vehicles in Nigeria have their steering wheel on the left side.   DUBAWA also noticed that the claimant’s video  file sent on X is watermarked with an Instagram handle name, \u201cTSHEDIKUTUMELA.\u201d  We visited the handle on IG and discovered a video clip similar to the clip shared by the claimant on X amongst the Instagram user’s posts. Although we could not find anything suggesting the events occurred in Nigeria, DUBAWA checked other posts that the Instagram user had shared. We noticed that he uploaded the vehicle in one of the shared posts in the claimant\u2019s post and another vehicle.  We checked the number plates of one of the vehicles that read \u201cHS75TVGP\u201d and ran a keyword search. We discovered that vehicles whose number plates end with \u201cGP\u201d indicate that they were registered in Gauteng Province, one of the nine provinces in South Africa. 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