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Claim: An X user, Morris Monye claims that Akpabio was praying inside Abuja National Mosque.
Verdict: Misleading! Findings show that Akpabio was inside the Abuja Mosque for Senator Danjuma Goje’s daughter’s wedding.
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There have been a lot of questions about whether Muslims can enter the Church or Christians can enter Mosques. Such inquiries can be seen here, here, and here.
Amidst this, an X user, @Morris_Monye, posted an image with a caption alleging that the Nigeria Senate President, Godwills Akpabio, was praying inside the Abuja National Mosque. The claimant suggests that it was a political move.
“Politics!!!!! See Akpabio praying inside Mosque,” the post reads.
As of Oct. 26, 2024, the post had garnered over 2,800 likes, 688 reposts, and 406 comments.
Hety Erabhahiemen, Reacting to the post, Hety Erabhahiemen commented, “Funny enough that this Muslim counterpart will not go to church for this type of eye service.”
“These guys don’t have conscience again,” Lucy Nkem reacted.
Emmy Steven also commented, “These guys have no allegiance to religion. Na where belly face.”
DUBAWA understands how misinformation can fuel religious violence, so we found it necessary to verify and establish the truth.
Verification
DUBAWA conducted a reverse image search on the image posted by the claimant using Google Lens and discovered media reports on the same image.
According to a report, Senate President Godwills Akpabio was among the dignitaries who attended the wedding Fatiha of Senator Danjuma Goje’s daughter on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.
Mr Goje is the senator representing Gombe Central and a former governor of Gombe state.
The report shows that Fauziyya Danjuma Goje and Aliyu Ahmed Abubakar’s wedding Fatiha was held at the National Mosque, Abuja, after the two Raka’at Juma’at prayers.
This shows that Akpabio entered the Mosque only to attend the wedding, after the prayer.
In further research, we retrieved a YouTube video of Premium Times’ coverage of the event. We thoroughly examined it and found that Godswill Akpabio wasn’t around throughout the two Raka’at Juma’at prayers but entered only after it was time for the wedding of Fatiha.
Conclusion
The claim that Senator Godswill Akpabio was praying at Abuja National Mosque is misleading! Media reports show that the senate president was there for a wedding ceremony, not prayers.
