{"id":25311,"date":"2025-10-24T15:39:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=25311"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:39:43","slug":"facebook-video-showing-boko-haram-celebrating-seizure-of-military-barracks-unrelated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/facebook-video-showing-boko-haram-celebrating-seizure-of-military-barracks-unrelated\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook video showing Boko Haram celebrating seizure of military barracks unrelated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: An X user posted a video<\/a> claiming that Boko Haram has taken over several military barracks in Nigeria.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: False! Available evidence reveals the armed men in the footage are linked to Sudan and not Nigeria. Besides, no credible news outlet in the country reported the development.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For years, states in northern Nigeria have become a hotbed of terrorist violence, with incessant attacks<\/a> linked to criminal group Boko Haram. The attacks have claimed tons of lives and displaced thousands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this back story, an X user, @K3lulnBobo<\/a>, shared a clip of armed men roaming an uninhabited area with armoured cars and weapons, and claimed they are Boko Haram terrorists who have captured a Nigerian military barracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attached to the one-minute, 27-second footage is the caption, \u201cBoko Haram taking over many Nigerian military barracks and rejoicing for their victory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, the post has attracted over 1 million views, 4,050 likes, 2,360 reposts, 1,330 bookmarks, and 650 quotes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A review of the post’s comments reveals a mix of belief and doubt among users who engaged with the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Believing its authenticity, @Fortis1o<\/a> wrote, \u201cThe Nigerian military simply hands over these things to Boko Haram and the Nigerian government turns around and increases taxes on Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the contrary, another user @Mautiin01<\/a> wrote, \u201cThis is not Nigeria but Sudan. You call yourself good news, but you are bent on spreading lies and misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is not Nigeria,\u201d @Nainna_j<\/a> asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of the claim\u2019s sensitivity and the conflicting comments it generated, DUBAWA decided to verify it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA conducted a manual analysis of the video. We noticed that the truck conveying the terrorists has an Arabic inscription and Sudanese flags visible on it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We further contacted Yakubu Mohammed, a conflict reporter with Premium Times<\/a>. He noted that \u201cjihadists mostly use the inscriptions, and they are likely the Rapid Support Forces [RSF] in that country.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using this information, we examined the uniforms of the armed men in the video and compared them with the RSF’s military uniforms. We found that the uniforms are similar.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The uniform worn by the men in the video is similar to the RSF uniforms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the vehicles has the Sundanese flag hanging from it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, we conducted a Google Reverse Image Search on the video’s keyframes, which led us to similar Facebook videos captioned in Arabic, as shown here<\/a>. Although the Facebook account that shared the video clip did not add any context to the video, DUBAWA carefully checked through the previous posts that it had shared. We noticed that the account shares pieces of information linked to Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we checked through credible news agencies but found no report validating Boko Haram attacks on several military barracks in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The claim is false. DUBAWA’s investigation reveals that the clip shared by the claimant is linked to Sudan, not to Nigeria or any Nigerian military barracks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: An X user posted a video claiming that Boko Haram has taken over several military barracks in Nigeria. Verdict: False! Available evidence reveals the armed men in the footage are linked to Sudan and not Nigeria. Besides, no credible news outlet in the country reported the development.\u00a0 Full Text  For years, states in northern Nigeria have become a hotbed of terrorist violence, with incessant attacks linked to criminal group Boko Haram. The attacks have claimed tons of lives and displaced thousands.  With this back story, an X user, @K3lulnBobo, shared a clip of armed men roaming an uninhabited area with armoured cars and weapons, and claimed they are Boko Haram terrorists who have captured a Nigerian military barracks. Attached to the one-minute, 27-second footage is the caption, \u201cBoko Haram taking over many Nigerian military barracks and rejoicing for their victory.\u201d As of Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, the post has attracted over 1 million views, 4,050 likes, 2,360 reposts, 1,330 bookmarks, and 650 quotes. A review of the post’s comments reveals a mix of belief and doubt among users who engaged with the post. Believing its authenticity, @Fortis1o wrote, \u201cThe Nigerian military simply hands over these things to Boko Haram and the Nigerian government turns around and increases taxes on Nigerians.\u201d On the contrary, another user @Mautiin01 wrote, \u201cThis is not Nigeria but Sudan. You call yourself good news, but you are bent on spreading lies and misinformation.\u201d \u201cThis is not Nigeria,\u201d @Nainna_j asserted. Because of the claim\u2019s sensitivity and the conflicting comments it generated, DUBAWA decided to verify it.  Verification  DUBAWA conducted a manual analysis of the video. We noticed that the truck conveying the terrorists has an Arabic inscription and Sudanese flags visible on it.  We further contacted Yakubu Mohammed, a conflict reporter with Premium Times. He noted that \u201cjihadists mostly use the inscriptions, and they are likely the Rapid Support Forces [RSF] in that country.\u201d  Using this information, we examined the uniforms of the armed men in the video and compared them with the RSF’s military uniforms. We found that the uniforms are similar.   Furthermore, we conducted a Google Reverse Image Search on the video’s keyframes, which led us to similar Facebook videos captioned in Arabic, as shown here. Although the Facebook account that shared the video clip did not add any context to the video, DUBAWA carefully checked through the previous posts that it had shared. We noticed that the account shares pieces of information linked to Sudan. Finally, we checked through credible news agencies but found no report validating Boko Haram attacks on several military barracks in Nigeria. Conclusion  The claim is false. DUBAWA’s investigation reveals that the clip shared by the claimant is linked to Sudan, not to Nigeria or any Nigerian military barracks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25314,"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":[1571,437,3812,3815,119],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3803],"class_list":["post-25311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-facebook-checks","category-headline","category-homepage","category-security"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-6Af","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3803,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"mohammed-taoheed","display_name":"Mohammed Taoheed","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\/10\/image-85.jpeg?fit=1414%2C809&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25311","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=25311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25315,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25311\/revisions\/25315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25311"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=25311"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=25311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}