{"id":22093,"date":"2025-03-26T09:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T08:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=22093"},"modified":"2025-03-26T09:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T08:48:04","slug":"did-wikes-security-invade-fubaras-private-residence-as-claimed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/did-wikes-security-invade-fubaras-private-residence-as-claimed\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Wike\u2019s security invade Fubara\u2019s private residence, as claimed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: Agodi Comedy, a Facebook user, shared a video claiming<\/a> that security agencies sent by Nyesom Wike invaded the private home of the embattled Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: FALSE. Analyses revealed that the video was footage of the scuffle between factions at the People\u2019s Democratic Party\u2019s (PDP) headquarters in January 2025 over access to the party\u2019s Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Political instability in Rivers State recently took a turn for the worse when Nigeria\u2019s president, Bola Tinubu, suspended<\/a> the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on March 18, 2025. The presidential announcement claimed the verdict was a necessary federal intervention to the state\u2019s recent internal crises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a video shared on March 23, 2025, by a Facebook user, Agodi Comedy<\/a>, some persons struggled to enter a residence. He claimed that they were security agencies deployed by the FCT\u2019s minister, Nyesom Wike, to invade Mr Fubara\u2019s private residence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His caption reads, \u201cThe moment security agencies and Nyesom Wike came to embarrass Governor SIM Fubara in his private home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 130,000 Facebook users viewed the video with the watermark of a credible Nigerian media organisation, TheCable. It also gained 691 reactions, 281 comments, and 618 reshares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though most comments negated the claim, some users believed the caption. Austin Odeh said, \u201cNigeria has no law, [and] no security in the land.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another user, Nkemji Mark, said the claim is retribution against the people of Rivers state, whom she described as ungrateful for rejecting Peterside Dakuku, the governorship candidate of Wike\u2019s predecessor, Chibuike Amaechi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The claim\u2019s potential implication for Nigeria\u2019s democracy and Wike\u2019s reputation prompted DUBAWA to conduct a fact check and verify its accuracy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Considering the public\u2019s interest in Rivers State following recent events, we ran a keyword search to find news reports. However, we found none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA conducted a reverse image search using a keyframe from the footage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to trace the video’s source. We found the exact video on TheCable\u2019s verified Facebook<\/a> and X page<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report revealed that the altercation witnessed in the video was a scuffle<\/a> between two factions, led by Sunday Ude-Okoye and Samuel Anyanwu. When the video was taken, Mr Ude-Okoye and his supporters were forcefully attempting to access the Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting at the party\u2019s national headquarters in Abuja on January 29, 2025.
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This incident, which occurred months before Fubara\u2019s suspension, is unrelated to the political crisis in Rivers State.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The video was taken at the PDP\u2019s national headquarters in Abuja, not Fubara\u2019s private residence. Also, the people attempting to break into the building were not supporters of  Wike, as claimed, but of Mr Ude-Okoye at the party\u2019s BoT meeting in January 2025. Therefore, the claim is false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: Agodi Comedy, a Facebook user, shared a video claiming that security agencies sent by Nyesom Wike invaded the private home of the embattled Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara. Verdict: FALSE. Analyses revealed that the video was footage of the scuffle between factions at the People\u2019s Democratic Party\u2019s (PDP) headquarters in January 2025 over access to the party\u2019s Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting. Full Text Political instability in Rivers State recently took a turn for the worse when Nigeria\u2019s president, Bola Tinubu, suspended the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on March 18, 2025. The presidential announcement claimed the verdict was a necessary federal intervention to the state\u2019s recent internal crises. In a video shared on March 23, 2025, by a Facebook user, Agodi Comedy, some persons struggled to enter a residence. He claimed that they were security agencies deployed by the FCT\u2019s minister, Nyesom Wike, to invade Mr Fubara\u2019s private residence.  His caption reads, \u201cThe moment security agencies and Nyesom Wike came to embarrass Governor SIM Fubara in his private home.\u201d Over 130,000 Facebook users viewed the video with the watermark of a credible Nigerian media organisation, TheCable. It also gained 691 reactions, 281 comments, and 618 reshares. Though most comments negated the claim, some users believed the caption. Austin Odeh said, \u201cNigeria has no law, [and] no security in the land.\u201d  Another user, Nkemji Mark, said the claim is retribution against the people of Rivers state, whom she described as ungrateful for rejecting Peterside Dakuku, the governorship candidate of Wike\u2019s predecessor, Chibuike Amaechi. The claim\u2019s potential implication for Nigeria\u2019s democracy and Wike\u2019s reputation prompted DUBAWA to conduct a fact check and verify its accuracy.  Verification Considering the public\u2019s interest in Rivers State following recent events, we ran a keyword search to find news reports. However, we found none. DUBAWA conducted a reverse image search using a keyframe from the footage to trace the video’s source. We found the exact video on TheCable\u2019s verified Facebook and X page.  The report revealed that the altercation witnessed in the video was a scuffle between two factions, led by Sunday Ude-Okoye and Samuel Anyanwu. When the video was taken, Mr Ude-Okoye and his supporters were forcefully attempting to access the Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting at the party\u2019s national headquarters in Abuja on January 29, 2025. This incident, which occurred months before Fubara\u2019s suspension, is unrelated to the political crisis in Rivers State.\u00a0 Conclusion The video was taken at the PDP\u2019s national headquarters in Abuja, not Fubara\u2019s private residence. Also, the people attempting to break into the building were not supporters of  Wike, as claimed, but of Mr Ude-Okoye at the party\u2019s BoT meeting in January 2025. 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