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Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr did not call for election boycott

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    • Sirrea Leone election

    Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Photo source: The Sirrea Leone Telegraph

    Claim: A viral press statement claims that the former mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, is calling for the boycott of the “rigged” election.

    Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr did not call for election boycott
    Image of the viral press statement. 

    FINDING

    DUBAWA contacted Ms Aki-Sawyerr, who denied the statement saying she would organise a Facebook live to debunk the claim.

    We visited the Twitter account of the former Mayor (@yakisawyerr) and found no statement. Her last post was a video shared four hours ago, urging the public to go and cast their vote. 

    A keyword search also revealed no news report on the statement.

    We also subjected the press release to ‘Forensically’, a tool for investigating documents and found some cloning effect on the document suggesting it was manipulated. 

    Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr did not call for election boycott
    Screenshots of Forensically
    Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr did not call for election boycott

    VERDICT: FALSE

    AUTHOR: Lois Ugbede and Jaward Nyallay 

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