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Claim: An X user shared a video of President Tinubu and Vice President Shettima allegedly meeting with a member of the Miyetti Allah group.
Verdict: False. DUBAWA’s findings indicate that the 2022 footage shared by Sahara Reporters captures the then-presidential hopeful, Tinubu, and his running mate, Shettima, handing cash to an unnamed individual during the presidential campaign. News outlets did not mention that the recipient is associated with the Miyetti Allah group.
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Recently, a member of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) was reportedly apprehended by the Nigerian Police Force in Kwara State. His arrest followed an allegation that he had a rifle issued by the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) to tackle insecurity in the state.
Moreover, Nigerians have continued to challenge the Office of the National Security Adviser, spearheaded by Nuhu Ribadu, over arming the cattle breeders group with guns and ammunition.
Amidst these developments, an X user, @Airborne_X1, shared a video showing Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima publicly handing a wad of cash to an individual, and claimed that the presidency was having a meeting with a member of MACBAN.
“BREAKING: This is the current president and vice president of Nigeria, with a member of Miyetti Allah seated in the middle,” The X user wrote alongside the video clip.
As of Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, the post has garnered 49,300 views, 91 comments, 887 retweets, 1000 likes, and 216 bookmarks.
While other X users thought the video was genuine, some pointed out that it was not a recent affair.
“This country cannot be better with this level of incompetence,” @GeorgeloveGod commented.
“God will punish them all, now and forever,” @officialdoski38 cussed.
“This is pure wickedness for you to lie and mislead the public,” @Akinboy cautioned.
“This was during the campaign, and stop information that is not true,” @de generaknoni pointed out.
Due to the differing opinions about when the incident in the video clip occurred, DUBAWA decided to verify the post.
Verification
We took a keyframe of the video clip and subjected it to Google Reverse Image Search. It linked us to a similar video clip shared by Sahara Reporters on YouTube on Dec. 21, 2022.
In the video, both President Tinubu and Vice President Shettima appear to be dialoguing with an unnamed individual before reassuringly handing him some money.
Sahara Reporters tagged the clip as “vote buying”, where the presidency was “caught on tape giving cash during a presidential campaign.”
Although DUBAWA did not locate any other media outlet that reported the incident with a similar context, a report from Leadership newspaper, dated Dec. 21, 2022, quoted the All Progressives Congress (APC) party, which explained that the president’s gesture was not a bribe but rather charity.
The Punch newspaper also reported a similar explanation provided by the ruling party regarding the president’s conduct in the viral video.
However, none of the news outlets mentioned that the recipient of the money in the video is associated with the Miyetti Allah group.
Conclusion
Findings made by DUBAWA indicate that the video shared by the X user showing the president meeting a member of Miyetti Allah was actually recorded in 2022, during a presidential campaign. Moreover, there is no evidence that the individual in the video is a member of the association. The claim is false.
