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Claim: An X user claims via a video that policemen in an unnamed part of Kaduna state are fleeing from residents stoning them.
Verdict: Misleading. The video clip is connected to the June Kenyan protests, during which Kenyan police officers fled from a disgruntled mob. The time of the initial post is also around the time the protest was on.
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The ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests have reached a sixth day, with citizens refusing to back down on a public demonstration against unfavourable government policies despite President Ahmed Tinubu’s public address to end the nationwide protests.
Amidst these developments, an X user, @ElitesAfrica, posted a video of police officers fleeing from a small group of people who came at the former with stones. The X user further mentioned that the incident occurred in Kaduna state, a north-western part of Nigeria.
Since the upload of the post, it has attracted 120 comments, 620 retweets, and 910 likes and was bookmarked 94 times as of Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024.
While most X users noted that the video is connected with Kenya rather than Kaduna state, some thought otherwise.
“This is not Nigeria,” @FknFootball stated.
“That cannot be Nigeria. Our police are trigger-happy,” @Capolutiti opined.
“E don red for North,” @keysense 1 commented, meaning things have worsened in the north.
Due to the divergent reactions to the post, DUBAWA decided to verify it for clarification.
Verification
DUBAWA conducted a Google Reverse Image Search on the video file and found that an X user, @kenyan431, had posted a similar video clip. The Kenyan X user posted on Jul. 17, 2024, that police officers in the country were fleeing from angry protesters who were using stones to chase them.
Al Jazeera also reported the breakout of national protests by Kenyan citizens, calling for government reforms from President William Ruto’s unfair and unfavourable leadership. The Kenyan demonstrations had just reached their peak at the time the X post was posted.
Besides, the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria nationwide protests kicked off on Aug 1, 2024.
Conclusion
The incident in the video did not happen in Kaduna state amidst the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria nationwide protests.
