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Claim: A TikTok user claims the US president would send the US military to Nigeria, destroy Boko Haram, and remove Tinubu as Nigeria’s president.
Verdict: Misleading. DUBAWA found digital discrepancies associated with the video that indicate that the video’s properties have been compromised. Moreover, credible news outlets only reported that Trump is considering sending US troops to Nigeria.
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Following the recent public outcry of Nigerians and foreign powers over the incessant killings of Christians in Nigeria, the President of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump, labelled Nigeria a country of particular concern.
Trump criticised the deaths of thousands of Christians and blamed Islamic radicals for the violent killings.
Amidst the ongoing development, popular social media influencer and self-acclaimed activist, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, shared a video of Trump declaring to send the US military to Nigeria, destroy Boko Haram, and remove Bola Tinubu from being Nigeria’s president.
“I am sending the US military to Nigeria for a peacekeeping mission. I would be giving Bola Ahmed Tinubu just 72 hours to fix this issue, or I would destroy the Boko Haram and remove Tinubu as Nigerian president,” Trump was heard saying.
As of Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, the post had garnered over 124,000 likes, 2,992 comments, 6,936 bookmarks, and 9,321 shares.
While some TikTok users who believed the post questioned whether Trump has the legitimate power to infiltrate a foreign country, those who did not expressly stated that the video had been altered with the aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
“Does he have the power to remove President Tinubu from his seat?” Odiri inquired.
“Trump is a Christian, and his vice is equally Christian. Who complained?” Another TikTok user queried.
“AI is crying out loud,” Easydoz commented.
Due to the sensitivity of Trump’s utterances and the contradicting comments, DUBAWA decided to verify the post.
Verification
DUBAWA noticed from the video that Trump’s lip movement did not match the utterance. This suggests the utterances may have been altered. This lip-to-speech displacement usually occurs when a video’s properties have been violated.
We subjected the TikTok clip to Sensity AI to know if any part of the video had been tampered with. The AI tool classified the clip’s status as “suspicious.” It further submits that the lip-sync of the US president has been manipulated to an extreme level of 98.6 per cent.
Sensity also identified the body features of the president that have been distorted in the clip.
DUBAWA also checked credible news outlets for reports of Trump’s alleged utterance.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that Trump notified the United States Department of War to prepare for “possible action.”
“If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians!” Trump said.
Reuters reported that the US president stated that there “could be” US troops in Nigeria, and even air strikes, in response to the endless killings of Christians in Nigeria.
However, there is no report of the US president uttering the wild statements portrayed in the TikTok clip.
Conclusion
The claim is misleading. Video analysis shows that the clip has been digitally manipulated.
