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A video of Lamidi Apapa, factional chairman of Nigeria’s Labour Party (LP), being jeered outside court has been miscaptioned on social media, with posts falsely claiming the clip The video shows Lamidi Apapa, factional chairman of the Labour Party, leaving court and being jeered, not suspended central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele. One post here has the caption: “End Of The Wicked, Emefiele In The Court.”Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu suspended Emefiele on June 9, citing an ongoing investigation of his office and planned financial sector reforms (here). However, the video was posted by TikTok account @Nationwide380 on May 17, 2023, before Emefiele was suspended as bank governor (here). It in fact appears to show Lamidi Apapa, the Labour Party’s factional chairman, leaving the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on May 17 over a battle for control of the party with National Chairman Julius Abure. The video shows Lamidi Apapa, factional chairman of the Labour Party, leaving court and being jeered, not suspended central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele.
Persons: Apapa, Lamidi Apapa, Godwin Emefiele, They’re, , Bola Tinubu, Emefiele, Julius Abure, Abure’s, Read Organizations: Nigeria’s Labour Party, Labour Party, Social, Labour, Reuters Locations: Nigeria
ABUJA, March 1 (Reuters) - Nigeria’s labour party led by presidential candidate Peter Obi will mount a legal challenge against the election of new president-elect, Bola Tinubu, the party's vice presidential candidate said on Wednesday. Reporting by Camillus Eboh and Chijioke Ohuocha; Editing by James Macharia ChegeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
An image purportedly showing Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi drinking Hero Beer, which has gathered a lot of traction online, has been doctored. Social media users shared a photo of Obi at a restaurant appearing to dine beside two bottles of Hero Beer here and here . The image, however, has been doctored, and Obi was not pictured with the drink. The presidential candidate’s face has been superimposed on to the individual’s, the colour of his shirt has been changed from orange to yellow and bottles have been replaced with Hero Beer. The image of Peter Obi with two bottles of Hero Beer has been edited.
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