CLAIM: X users shared videos claiming unrest in Isan-Ekiti after a police officer shot a man dead.
Similar videos were shared on Facebook (see here and here).
FINDINGS:
Abayomi Shogunle, Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, confirmed there was unrest on the eve of the election. However, he claimed it was the result of a football match in the community, not election-related. Observers deployed by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) confirmed that a bus which conveyed police officers from Abuja to Ekiti, two tippers, and the police station were burnt down. However, residents refused to disclose the major cause of the attack.
VERDICT: Insufficient Evidence
SOURCE: Ekiti State Police and CJID Election Observers.
DATE: June 20, 2026.
FACT CHECK AUTHOR: Sunday Awosoro
EDITORS: Kemi Busari and Simbiat Bakare