{"id":2232,"date":"2019-04-03T13:54:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T12:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=2232"},"modified":"2019-08-26T16:56:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:56:18","slug":"yes-gunmen-attacked-travellers-on-abuja-kaduna-highway-but-old-picture-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/yes-gunmen-attacked-travellers-on-abuja-kaduna-highway-but-old-picture-used\/","title":{"rendered":"YES, Gunmen Attacked Travellers on Abuja-Kaduna Highway, But Old Picture Used!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CLAIM: <\/strong>A Twitter post reads: kidnappers blocked Katari-zuba, Abuja road for 50 long minutes. You heard me right! Guys don dey near Aso Rock oo<\/em> – 1st April 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONCLUSION: <\/strong>Our investigation shows that kidnappers actually actually<\/g> attacked and abducted motorists on the said road on that day. However, the picture used to describe the incident is an old picture and does not show the current state of affairs<\/p>\n\n\n

FULL TEXT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the 1st of April 2019 [ironically, a day that has been tagged \u201cApril fools\u201d day across the globe], at about 10:08 pm, a Twitter user sent us a tweet<\/a> by Abdulqahar Abdullahi who posted a picture with the caption: “Kidnappers blocked Katari-Zuba, Abuja road for 50 long minutes. You heard me right! Guys don dey near Aso Rock oo<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

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At the time we checked the post, it had already generated lots of sad comments with 449 likes and over 600 retweets.<\/p>\n

Our investigations<\/a> show that there was truly an attack on Monday by kidnappers along the said road. The kidnappers abducted an unknown number of motorists, but there is no evidence that the kidnappers operated for 50 minutes!<\/p>\n

Also, a quick reverse image\u00a0check on the picture attached to the tweet shows\u00a0that it first appeared online in 2013<\/a> when armed robbers\u00a0laid siege at\u00a0Jere,\u00a0along the Abuja-Kaduna Road, robbing travellers of their possessions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It is important that readers and social media users do due diligence before reposting pictures because photos have the power to change accurate reports and downplay serious issues if the photo turns out to be unrelated to the message. When in doubt, do a first level google search, or report to a credible fact-checking site like ours!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CLAIM: A Twitter post reads: kidnappers blocked Katari-zuba, Abuja road for 50 long minutes. You heard me right! Guys don dey near Aso Rock oo – 1st April 2019 CONCLUSION: Our investigation shows that kidnappers actually actually attacked and abducted motorists on the said road on that day. However, the picture used to describe the incident is an old picture and does not show the current state of affairs FULL TEXT: On the 1st of April 2019 [ironically, a day that has been tagged \u201cApril fools\u201d day across the globe], at about 10:08 pm, a Twitter user sent us a tweet by Abdulqahar Abdullahi who posted a picture with the caption: “Kidnappers blocked Katari-Zuba, Abuja road for 50 long minutes. You heard me right! Guys don dey near Aso Rock oo\u201d. At the time we checked the post, it had already generated lots of sad comments with 449 likes and over 600 retweets. Our investigations show that there was truly an attack on Monday by kidnappers along the said road. The kidnappers abducted an unknown number of motorists, but there is no evidence that the kidnappers operated for 50 minutes! Also, a quick reverse image\u00a0check on the picture attached to the tweet shows\u00a0that it first appeared online in 2013 when armed robbers\u00a0laid siege at\u00a0Jere,\u00a0along the Abuja-Kaduna Road, robbing travellers of their possessions.\u00a0 It is important that readers and social media users do due diligence before reposting pictures because photos have the power to change accurate reports and downplay serious issues if the photo turns out to be unrelated to the message. When in doubt, do a first level google search, or report to a credible fact-checking site like ours!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2236,"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":[119],"tags":[347],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[877],"class_list":["post-2232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-featured"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-A0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":877,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"adejumokabir","display_name":"Adejumo Kabir","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ebf7a14094ac13bdfbd74c154fc30ad37b33c9250bbfb98ef356e901521ffdd?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Kabir","first_name":"Adejumo","job_title":"","description":"Adejumo Kabir<\/strong> is a student journalist at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. 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