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As we move closer to the 2027 election, political conversation is dominating the media space as disinformation continues to spread across various social media platforms.
Here are some of the major election-related reports we fact-checked, among others:
- Bishop Oyedepo tagged APC supporters as ‘mad people’
An X user shared a graphic of Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Worldwide Winners Chapel, alleging the cleric said the number of people who support the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming election would determine the number of ‘mad people’ in Nigeria.
The claim, which generated thousands of views, was subjected to a keyword search, which shows that the quote attributed to the cleric has been circulating since 2022, before the previous election.
Although the claim dates back years, we found no evidence that he made similar statements in connection with the 2027 elections, or at all.
Read more here.
- Protesters demand Tinubu’s resignation in Abuja
In a heat-up to the election, some users on X and Facebook shared videos showing a massive crowd storming Nyanya, Abuja, to demand President Tinubu’s resignation ahead of the upcoming election.
When we checked, we observed that the video has been online since May, 2026, at the time students in Oyo and Borno State were being held hostage in kidnappers’ den. The protesters stormed the streets, demanding swift government intervention to rescue the victims.
Read more here.
- Tinubu confronted Atiku over past US records
A viral video on Facebook claimed that President Tinubu confronted former Vice President Atiku over the latter’s efforts to uncover Tinubu’s records in the United States.
After carefully analysing the clip, DUBAWA ran it through an AI video detector tool. The result shows the video has a strong possibility of being AI-generated or altered.
Read more here.
- Goodluck visited Kanu in prison
A Facebook user shared a photograph purportedly showing former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan visiting Nnamdi Kanu in Prison.
A keyword search of credible media publications shows no report of such a visit.
After submitting the image to an AI verification tool, we found that it was created using an AI model.
Read more here.