Claim: An X user (@BishopPOEvang) shared a video claiming to show Hausa people displaced, kidnapped, and killed by Fulani terrorists in Bungudu LGA, Zamfara State.
Verdict: Misleading. The video is from the humanitarian crisis in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan.
It has been used by Amnesty International and by reports from the Daily Sabah and Shai Fund to document the humanitarian crisis.
Full Text
On Friday, July 3, 2026, an X user shared a 15-second video (archived here), accompanied by a caption alleging that the people in the video are mostly Hausas who have been displaced and kidnapped by terrorists in Zamfara State.
The caption of the post read, “The majority of these people are Hausas, dislodged, kidnapped, and killed by the Fulani terrorists in Bungudu LGA, Zamfara State.”
The footage showed a crowd of people walking slowly in a desert-like environment, some carrying bags on their heads and others on their hands.
We also saw a young boy pushing a wheelbarrow with a load, and by the side was an armoured personnel carrier with a soldier on it.
As of July 4, 2026, the video had gained 1,726 views, 22 reposts, 24 likes, 2 replies, and 3 bookmarks.
The claim attracted reactions from users.
One X user, @watk98913, wrote, “They will be going over there to take over their GOLD.”
Another user, @Clinton207O, commented that “Northern governors have failed their people as well as Tinubu.”
The claim was also shared on X and Facebook.
Given the claim’s virality and its potential to inflame tensions over insecurity in Nigeria, it is necessary to verify.
Verification
We analysed the video using the InVid verification tool. We extracted keyframes from the video and subjected them to reverse image searches.
The searches led to a similar video posted by Amnesty International on LinkedIn on July 2, 2026. In the post, Amnesty International raised concern about crimes against humanity by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during a campaign to seize El Fasher in the North Darfur state in Sudan. The international body called for an immediate ceasefire and protection of civilians.
The RSF is a Sudanese paramilitary force that works closely with regular forces to defend the nation and confront internal and external threats. However, several reports captured by local and international media outlets, including Daily Sabah and Arise News, referenced Amnesty International attributing RSF action in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, as ethnic cleansing and the killing of civilians.
Similarly, a publication by Shai Fund, a US nonprofit organisation working in Sudan, dated October 29, 2025, documents a similar pattern of violence reported by Amnesty International.
The report highlighted the inhumane treatment and killings of civilians by the RSF, documenting house-to-house executions, revenge killings, and massacres targeting ethnic and religious minorities. It also cited satellite imagery showing mass graves and trench-like formations, while noting that thousands of civilians had fled through the desert on foot or in overloaded trucks, with many reportedly dying along the way.
Although keyword searches revealed an AP News report from June 27, 2026, on a bandit attack in the Talata Mafara area of Zamfara State, the report does not substantiate the claimant’s narrative. Instead, it documents a separate attack that killed at least 15 people.
Conclusion
Verification indicates no evidence linking the footage to Hausa people allegedly displaced, kidnapped, or killed by Fulani terrorists in Bungudu LGA, Zamfara State. Hence, the claim is misleading.
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