{"id":23649,"date":"2025-07-20T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T07:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=23649"},"modified":"2025-07-20T08:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T07:30:07","slug":"alleged-video-of-ghanaians-protesting-against-installation-of-new-igbo-monarch-misleading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/alleged-video-of-ghanaians-protesting-against-installation-of-new-igbo-monarch-misleading\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged video of Ghanaians protesting against installation of new Igbo monarch, misleading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: An X user shared a video<\/a> claiming it shows a protest in Ghana against the installation of an Igbo king in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: Misleading! <\/strong>Various reports online show that the video is linked to a protest by NPP supporters in Ghana over Ashanti\u2019s regional chairman, Bernard Boasiako’s arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recently, there have been speculations<\/a> about installing an Igbo traditional ruler, Eze Chukwudi, over the Igbo residents in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against this backdrop, an X user, @AsakyGRN<\/a>, shared a 47-second video<\/a> on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, and claimed Ghanaians were protesting the installation of an Igbo King in their country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the video, a mob tries to force its way into a compound, supposedly owned by the Igbo community, but is barricaded by the police from gaining entrance.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with the clip, the X user wrote, \u201cGhanaian youths protest against Igbo dominance after the Igbos installed an Igbo king in Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Saturday, June 12, 2025, the video had amassed over 1.8 million views, 10,000 likes, 1,040 reposts, 944 bookmarks, and 412 quotes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While many users believed the video\u2019s authenticity, reinforcing ethnic stereotypes, a few doubted it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy do these people like to cause trouble anywhere they go in the world?\u201d @Dele93748586<\/a> questioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another comment by @Olumax3028<\/a> reads, \u201cWhen people don’t like you everywhere you go, sometimes you have to stop assuming they are the problem and look at yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFake News,\u201d @GreatCbscjim<\/a> stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar posts can be seen on Facebook here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the high engagement the post generated and its potency to ignite a national-ethnic crisis, DUBAWA conducted this investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA subjected parts of the video clip to Google Reverse Image Search, and it linked us to a similar and lengthy version on Facebook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Facebook<\/a> video, shared on May 30, 2025, by Onua 95.1FM, a radio station based in Accra, was captioned, \u201cWontumi Arrest: Tensions rise as NPP supporters push back against police barrier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A further investigation linked us with an Instagram page, Tv3_ghana<\/a>, which had also shared the same video and captioned it \u201cNPP supporters, Wotunmi detention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, the same video was shared on YouTube<\/a> by 3FM 92.7 between the 58:00 and 60:00 minutes of the clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We conducted an extensive keyword search on Wotunmi\u2019s arrest and the New Patriotic Party (NPP)\u2019s protest in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a report<\/a> published on May 30, 2025, some supporters of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) protested the unlawful and continued detention of Ashanti\u2019s regional chairman, Bernard Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, at the Head office of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, other outlets published similar stories here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our research reveals that the video is unrelated to any Igbo ruler development and has been online since May 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: An X user shared a video claiming it shows a protest in Ghana against the installation of an Igbo king in the country. Verdict: Misleading! Various reports online show that the video is linked to a protest by NPP supporters in Ghana over Ashanti\u2019s regional chairman, Bernard Boasiako’s arrest. Full Text Recently, there have been speculations about installing an Igbo traditional ruler, Eze Chukwudi, over the Igbo residents in Ghana. Against this backdrop, an X user, @AsakyGRN, shared a 47-second video on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, and claimed Ghanaians were protesting the installation of an Igbo King in their country. In the video, a mob tries to force its way into a compound, supposedly owned by the Igbo community, but is barricaded by the police from gaining entrance.   Along with the clip, the X user wrote, \u201cGhanaian youths protest against Igbo dominance after the Igbos installed an Igbo king in Ghana.\u201d As of Saturday, June 12, 2025, the video had amassed over 1.8 million views, 10,000 likes, 1,040 reposts, 944 bookmarks, and 412 quotes. While many users believed the video\u2019s authenticity, reinforcing ethnic stereotypes, a few doubted it. \u201cWhy do these people like to cause trouble anywhere they go in the world?\u201d @Dele93748586 questioned. Another comment by @Olumax3028 reads, \u201cWhen people don’t like you everywhere you go, sometimes you have to stop assuming they are the problem and look at yourself.\u201d \u201cFake News,\u201d @GreatCbscjim stated.  Similar posts can be seen on Facebook here, here, here, here and here. Due to the high engagement the post generated and its potency to ignite a national-ethnic crisis, DUBAWA conducted this investigation. Verification  DUBAWA subjected parts of the video clip to Google Reverse Image Search, and it linked us to a similar and lengthy version on Facebook.  The Facebook video, shared on May 30, 2025, by Onua 95.1FM, a radio station based in Accra, was captioned, \u201cWontumi Arrest: Tensions rise as NPP supporters push back against police barrier.\u201d A further investigation linked us with an Instagram page, Tv3_ghana, which had also shared the same video and captioned it \u201cNPP supporters, Wotunmi detention.\u201d Similarly, the same video was shared on YouTube by 3FM 92.7 between the 58:00 and 60:00 minutes of the clip. We conducted an extensive keyword search on Wotunmi\u2019s arrest and the New Patriotic Party (NPP)\u2019s protest in May. According to a report published on May 30, 2025, some supporters of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) protested the unlawful and continued detention of Ashanti\u2019s regional chairman, Bernard Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, at the Head office of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). Moreover, other outlets published similar stories here, here, and here. Conclusion  Our research reveals that the video is unrelated to any Igbo ruler development and has been online since May 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23650,"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":[1571,437,3812,3815],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[4055],"class_list":["post-23649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-facebook-checks","category-headline","category-homepage"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-69r","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":4055,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"miracle-akubuo","display_name":"Miracle Akubuo","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\/2025\/07\/Igbo-Accra.png?fit=1600%2C1066&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23649","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=23649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23651,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23649\/revisions\/23651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23649"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=23649"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=23649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}