{"id":23616,"date":"2025-07-17T18:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=23616"},"modified":"2025-07-17T18:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:01:10","slug":"false-president-bio-didnt-travel-to-attend-diogo-jottas-funeral-ceremony-in-portugal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/false-president-bio-didnt-travel-to-attend-diogo-jottas-funeral-ceremony-in-portugal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"False! President Bio didn\u2019t travel to attend Diogo Jotta\u2019s funeral ceremony in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim:<\/strong> A Facebook user, Karim Bah, alleges that President Julius Maada Bio attended the funeral ceremony of the late Liverpool football star Diogo Jota in Portugal. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: False!<\/strong> DUBAWA\u2019s investigations show the claim is false. Also, a Facebook Messenger response from the Director of Communications at President Bio\u2019s office,  Myk Berewa<\/a>, debunked the claim, stating, \u201cThat’s not true.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, a Facebook user named Karim Bah <\/a>(a former<\/strong> opposition<\/strong> candidate<\/strong> in<\/strong> the<\/strong> 2018 parliamentary elections in Sierra Leone)<\/a> claimed on his Facebook page<\/a> that President Julius Maada Bio<\/a> attended<\/strong> the<\/strong> funeral<\/strong> ceremony<\/strong> of<\/strong> the<\/strong> late<\/strong> football<\/strong> star<\/strong> Diogo<\/strong> Jota,<\/strong> who, before his demise, was playing professional football for Liverpool in the English Premier League (EPL)<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The viral claim on Mr. Bah\u2019s Facebook wall reads in parts,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs Chairman of ECOWAS, Maada Bio, don fly for go attend funeral of late Liverpool player Diego Jota.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translation: \u201cAs the Chairman of ECOWAS, President Maada Bio has flown to attend the funeral ceremony of late Liverpool player, Diego Jotta.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post, which is accompanied by an image of President Bio standing at the door of the flight and waving at onlookers, can easily convince anyone who comes across the photo posted on the claimant\u2019s Facebook account.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Bah, a strong social advocate and popular politician, boasts over 2.5k Facebook followers, <\/a>most of whom trust and have confidence in his posts. Also, the image attached to the post by Mr. Bah<\/strong>, with the \u2018logo\u2019 of the Office of the President,<\/strong> with inscriptions, reads thus,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSierra Leone President departs Freetown for Diego Jota\u2019s funeral in Portugal.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against this backdrop, DUBAWA decided to verify the claim in a bid to set the records straight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA contacted the claimant via his Facebook page<\/a> to get his comment concerning his viral claim, but he has not responded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our online research found no proof of President Bio\u2019s presence at the funeral ceremony of the late football star. Video footage from international news agencies, including the Catholic News Agency<\/a> and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)<\/a>, <\/a>didn\u2019t mention or capture any African leader\u2019s presence at the funeral ceremony of the Portuguese football star. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, DUBAWA visited the Office of the President: Julius Maada Bio\u2019s official Facebook page. However,<\/a> no update was found in connection with the First Gentleman of the Land’s attendance at Jotta\u2019s funeral ceremony. President Bio could not have attended Jotta\u2019s funeral ceremony, and his office remained silent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA also contacted Myk Berewa \u2014 Director of Communications at the Office of the President<\/a> \u2014 who strongly refuted the viral claim. \u201cThat\u2019s not true,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cPresident Bio is here. As of today, 9th July 2025.\u201d <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image capturing chat on Facebook Messenger between Researcher and Myk Berewa \u2014 Image source: Researcher: Fayia J. Moseray <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA\u2019s investigation regarding the viral claim that President Bio attended the funeral ceremony of the late Liverpool player, Diogo Jota, is false!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: A Facebook user, Karim Bah, alleges that President Julius Maada Bio attended the funeral ceremony of the late Liverpool football star Diogo Jota in Portugal.  Verdict: False! DUBAWA\u2019s investigations show the claim is false. Also, a Facebook Messenger response from the Director of Communications at President Bio\u2019s office,  Myk Berewa, debunked the claim, stating, \u201cThat’s not true.\u201d  Full Text On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, a Facebook user named Karim Bah (a former opposition candidate in the 2018 parliamentary elections in Sierra Leone) claimed on his Facebook page that President Julius Maada Bio attended the funeral ceremony of the late football star Diogo Jota, who, before his demise, was playing professional football for Liverpool in the English Premier League (EPL).  The viral claim on Mr. Bah\u2019s Facebook wall reads in parts, \u201cAs Chairman of ECOWAS, Maada Bio, don fly for go attend funeral of late Liverpool player Diego Jota.\u201d Translation: \u201cAs the Chairman of ECOWAS, President Maada Bio has flown to attend the funeral ceremony of late Liverpool player, Diego Jotta.\u201d  The post, which is accompanied by an image of President Bio standing at the door of the flight and waving at onlookers, can easily convince anyone who comes across the photo posted on the claimant\u2019s Facebook account.   Mr. Bah, a strong social advocate and popular politician, boasts over 2.5k Facebook followers, most of whom trust and have confidence in his posts. Also, the image attached to the post by Mr. Bah, with the \u2018logo\u2019 of the Office of the President, with inscriptions, reads thus, \u201cSierra Leone President departs Freetown for Diego Jota\u2019s funeral in Portugal.\u201d  Against this backdrop, DUBAWA decided to verify the claim in a bid to set the records straight.  Verification  DUBAWA contacted the claimant via his Facebook page to get his comment concerning his viral claim, but he has not responded.  Our online research found no proof of President Bio\u2019s presence at the funeral ceremony of the late football star. Video footage from international news agencies, including the Catholic News Agency and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), didn\u2019t mention or capture any African leader\u2019s presence at the funeral ceremony of the Portuguese football star.  Also, DUBAWA visited the Office of the President: Julius Maada Bio\u2019s official Facebook page. However, no update was found in connection with the First Gentleman of the Land’s attendance at Jotta\u2019s funeral ceremony. President Bio could not have attended Jotta\u2019s funeral ceremony, and his office remained silent.  DUBAWA also contacted Myk Berewa \u2014 Director of Communications at the Office of the President \u2014 who strongly refuted the viral claim. \u201cThat\u2019s not true,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cPresident Bio is here. As of today, 9th July 2025.\u201d   Image capturing chat on Facebook Messenger between Researcher and Myk Berewa \u2014 Image source: Researcher: Fayia J. Moseray  Conclusion\u00a0 DUBAWA\u2019s investigation regarding the viral claim that President Bio attended the funeral ceremony of the late Liverpool player, Diogo Jota, is false!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":"","_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":[123],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3819],"class_list":["post-23616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mainstream"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-68U","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3819,"user_id":137,"is_guest":0,"slug":null,"display_name":"Benjamin Ajah","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84a620ab2a0c9998705ca4e3ff663e117cd2f5065d5ea9b03a25b4c8275d4856?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Ajah","first_name":"Benjamin","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23616","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=23616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23620,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23616\/revisions\/23620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23616"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=23616"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=23616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}