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Claim: An X user shared a video of bodies allegedly recovered from the Maiduguri flood incident in Borno State.
Verdict: Misleading! DUBAWA’s investigation shows that the video is from a terrorist attack in Yobe State, not Maiduguri.
Full Text
The collapse of the Alau Dam, Maiduguri’s main water source, caused devastating flooding that submerged several homes, particularly along the city’s coastal area in Borno State.
In the aftermath of the disaster, there has been a spate of visual content online, showing the State’s before-and-after conditions.
On Sept. 11, 2024, a social media user on X posted one of such videos claiming that it showed the dead bodies of Borno residents killed by the flood incident.
“Do ‘Humans’ Live In Aso Rock! Frame one: dead bodies killed in the Maiduguri flood being evacuated from the scenes,” parts of the description attached to the post read.
As of Sept. 12, 2024, when DUBAWA scrutinised the post, it had generated 6,000 views, 60 reposts, 98 likes, and 14 bookmarks.
DUBAWA opted to conduct this fact check to curb potential tension during a crisis like this.
Verification
DUBAWA carefully examined the video and spotted an inscription on one of the small trucks conveying the carcass that read “Mafa.”
With this information, we conducted a keyword search, which shows that Mafa is a community in the Tarmuwa local government of Yobe State.
Further, we extracted screen grabs from the video and used them to conduct a Google Lens image analysis.
Results indicate that the video has been online even before the flood crisis. The video shows the aftermath of terrorist violence in Yobe State. See here, here, and here.
We checked media reports to authenticate if there were recent occurrences of bandit violence in Yobe State.
DUBAWA found a Daily Trust report dated Sept. 3, 2024, which informed that Boko Haram insurgents who attacked the Mafa village killed many residents and set several homes and shops ablaze in Yobe State.
Similarly, AlJazeera and ThisDay newspaper reported similar stories.
Conclusion
The claim that the video shows dead bodies from the Borno flooding is misleading and untrue. The scene is from the terrorist attack that occurred days ago in Yobe State before the flood hit.
