{"id":23915,"date":"2025-08-12T16:35:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=23915"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:35:21","slug":"old-video-was-recirculated-to-depict-hushpuppi-attending-davidos-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/old-video-was-recirculated-to-depict-hushpuppi-attending-davidos-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video was recirculated to depict Hushpuppi attending Davido\u2019s wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: An X user shared<\/a> a video claiming Hushpuppi attended Davido\u2019s white wedding.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: Misleading. Although Hushpuppi was with Davido in the video, the occasion was the Afrobeats singer\u2019s brother\u2019s wedding in 2020. Moreover, the Federal Bureau of Prisons reports that Hushpuppi would be released on Mar. 15, 2029.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Popular afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, married<\/a> his longtime girlfriend, Chioma Rowland, in a white wedding in Miami, United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wedding took place on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amidst the wedding buzz, an X user, @JbrandyOfficial<\/a>, shared a video claiming that convicted cybercriminal and social media influencer Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, attended Davido\u2019s wedding in the US. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video is labelled, \u201cHushpuppi attends Davido\u2019s wedding in Miami spraying $100 bills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the video, Hushpuppi makes merry with Davido\u2019s brother, Adewale Adeleke, and quickly takes a picture with the singer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, the claim has attracted over 770,000 views, 578 comments, 1,000 retweets, 7,500 likes, and 1,300 bookmarks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the comment section, while some X users wondered whether the cybercriminal had been released from prison, a majority believed that he was still incarcerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s free?\u201d @DrOkpala<\/a> inquired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was in Dubai years back before he was arrested,\u201d @HEARTOFGOLD2<\/a> commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHushpuppi is still in prison till August 2029,\u201d @Ayoappeal<\/a> asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the personality involved and the controversy over whether Hushpuppi remains incarcerated, DUBAWA decided to verify the claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

We submitted the video’s keyframes to Google Reverse Image Search, leading us to a similar video posted on YouTube<\/a> in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The YouTube video \u201cDavido\u2019s brother weds in Dubai\u201d shows Hushpuppi spraying money on Davido\u2019s brother, Adewale Adeleke. Davido engages the duo in a video capture. This was before Hushpuppi was sentenced<\/a> in the United States in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nation<\/a> also reports that the social media influencer was present at Adewale\u2019s wedding in Dubai. Daily Trust<\/a> also reports a similar development, mentioning that Hushpuppi was seen \u201cspraying hundred-dollar bills at Davido\u2019s brother\u2019s wedding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information on the Federal Bureau of Prisons\u2019 (BOP)<\/a> website revealed that Hushpuppi would not be released until Mar. 15, 2029.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of Hushpuppi\u2019s release date as shown on BOP\u2019s page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The claim is false. The video circulating is of Davido’s brother\u2019s wedding, which took place in 2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: An X user shared a video claiming Hushpuppi attended Davido\u2019s white wedding. Verdict: Misleading. Although Hushpuppi was with Davido in the video, the occasion was the Afrobeats singer\u2019s brother\u2019s wedding in 2020. Moreover, the Federal Bureau of Prisons reports that Hushpuppi would be released on Mar. 15, 2029.\u00a0 Full Text Popular afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, married his longtime girlfriend, Chioma Rowland, in a white wedding in Miami, United States. The wedding took place on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025.  Amidst the wedding buzz, an X user, @JbrandyOfficial, shared a video claiming that convicted cybercriminal and social media influencer Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, attended Davido\u2019s wedding in the US.  The video is labelled, \u201cHushpuppi attends Davido\u2019s wedding in Miami spraying $100 bills.\u201d In the video, Hushpuppi makes merry with Davido\u2019s brother, Adewale Adeleke, and quickly takes a picture with the singer.  As of Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, the claim has attracted over 770,000 views, 578 comments, 1,000 retweets, 7,500 likes, and 1,300 bookmarks.  In the comment section, while some X users wondered whether the cybercriminal had been released from prison, a majority believed that he was still incarcerated. \u201cHe\u2019s free?\u201d @DrOkpala inquired. \u201cThis was in Dubai years back before he was arrested,\u201d @HEARTOFGOLD2 commented. \u201cHushpuppi is still in prison till August 2029,\u201d @Ayoappeal asserted. Due to the personality involved and the controversy over whether Hushpuppi remains incarcerated, DUBAWA decided to verify the claim. Verification We submitted the video’s keyframes to Google Reverse Image Search, leading us to a similar video posted on YouTube in 2020.  The YouTube video \u201cDavido\u2019s brother weds in Dubai\u201d shows Hushpuppi spraying money on Davido\u2019s brother, Adewale Adeleke. Davido engages the duo in a video capture. This was before Hushpuppi was sentenced in the United States in 2022. The Nation also reports that the social media influencer was present at Adewale\u2019s wedding in Dubai. Daily Trust also reports a similar development, mentioning that Hushpuppi was seen \u201cspraying hundred-dollar bills at Davido\u2019s brother\u2019s wedding.\u201d Information on the Federal Bureau of Prisons\u2019 (BOP) website revealed that Hushpuppi would not be released until Mar. 15, 2029.   Conclusion  The claim is false. The video circulating is of Davido’s brother\u2019s wedding, which took place in 2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11107,"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":[1571,3812,3815,123],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3699],"class_list":["post-23915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-headline","category-homepage","category-mainstream"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-6dJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3699,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"cole-praise","display_name":"Cole Praise","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7934b84f51e2c1f4c1e77cce93c223ac97cc2da29198aa9141fd944b0407bb2d?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\/2022\/03\/Hushpuppi-did-not-execute-400000-fraud-from-US-prison.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23915","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=23915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23916,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23915\/revisions\/23916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23915"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=23915"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=23915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}