{"id":6469,"date":"2020-10-15T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=6469"},"modified":"2020-10-15T10:33:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T09:33:02","slug":"quick-checks-ondo-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/quick-checks-ondo-2020-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Checks: Ondo 2020 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Claim: APC asks court to disqualify Akeredolu 24 hours to election<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DotunRoy\/status\/1314708251435429889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter user<\/a>, October 10, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Evidence: Daily Trust and other major dailies reported that a certain APC chieftain, Barrister Kalu Agu asks <a href=\"https:\/\/dailytrust.com\/ondo-polls-apc-chieftain-asks-court-to-disqualify-akerodolu-over-unlawful-nomination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">court <\/a>to disqualify Olurotimi Akeredolu on the argument that the nomination of the APC candidate in the 2020 Ondo guber election is invalid because the party had no national chairman and secretary then. He also petitioned the court to disqualify other APC candidates participating in the Lagos and Imo senatorial bye-election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"57\" data-attachment-id=\"6470\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/quick-checks-ondo-2020-election\/image-14-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-14.png?fit=135%2C57&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"135,57\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"image-14\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-14.png?fit=135%2C57&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-14.png?resize=135%2C57\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6470\" title=\"\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#0aa403;color:#fff9f9\"><strong>Verdict: True<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Claim: Ondo INEC Boat Capsize (Video) with lives lost&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/naijaruk.com\/ondo-election-inec-boat-capsizes-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">naijaruk.com<\/a>, October 10, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Evidence<\/strong>: The video was verified to have first surfaced on the internet at 11:48pm on October 9, 2020. Festus Okoye, INEC spokesperson has told PREMIUM TIMES that there was no casualty, and no electoral material was damaged from the incident which happened at 7pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"132\" height=\"55\" data-attachment-id=\"6471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/quick-checks-ondo-2020-election\/image-15-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-15.png?fit=132%2C55&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"132,55\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"image-15\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-15.png?fit=132%2C55&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-15.png?resize=132%2C55\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6471\" title=\"\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#0fdc05;color:#fff9f9\"><strong>Verdict: Mostly True<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claim: APC asks court to disqualify Akeredolu 24 hours to election Source: Twitter user, October 10, 2020 Evidence: Daily Trust and other major dailies reported that a certain APC chieftain, Barrister Kalu Agu asks court to disqualify Olurotimi Akeredolu on the argument that the nomination of the APC candidate in the 2020 Ondo guber election is invalid because the party had no national chairman and secretary then. He also petitioned the court to disqualify other APC candidates participating in the Lagos and Imo senatorial bye-election.&nbsp; Verdict: True Claim: Ondo INEC Boat Capsize (Video) with lives lost&nbsp; Source: naijaruk.com, October 10, 2020 Evidence: The video was verified to have first surfaced on the internet at 11:48pm on October 9, 2020. Festus Okoye, INEC spokesperson has told PREMIUM TIMES that there was no casualty, and no electoral material was damaged from the incident which happened at 7pm. 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