First up – Is INEC conducting house-to-house voter registration in Northern Nigeria?

A VIRAL photo of a woman who appears to be undergoing biometric capturing in front of her residence has surfaced online with a claim that it shows an officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducting voter’s registration for the woman.

The photo is circulating following allegations on social media that the INEC is conducting house-to-house voter registration for citizens in Nigeria’s Northern region unlike what’s obtainable in other parts of the country where citizens jostle for registration at INEC-approved centers only.

THE FINDINGS

When the image was subjected to multiple reverse image searches, the results show that the photo did not originate from any credible media platform.

Also, using some keywords on the Google search engine, the result shows that no credible media platform reported that the INEC conducted or is conducting house-to-house voter registration in any part of the country.

When contacted the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi clarified that the claim is false.

“Our officials do not and cannot embark on a house-to-house distribution of PVCs. That is against our official policy,” he said.

Conclusion

The claim that INEC is conducting house-to-house voter registration in Northern Nigeria is FALSE; as the INEC debunked the claim while further findings show that no credible media platform reported such exercise

Next stop, How factual is a photo of Kwankwaso’s supporters as he visits’ Gombe state?

A Twitter user, Engr Musa Jameel, with the username @jameel2024, who shared the image on Twitter on July 2, 2022, claimed that the picture is that of the crowd that welcomed Kwankwaso to Gombe State.

Verification 

Although Kwankwaso visited Gombe state on Saturday, July 2, to commission the Gombe State party office of the NNPP, according to the Independent newspaper’s report, the image shared to show forth the crowd that welcomed him is, however, old.

A Google Reverse Image Search conducted on the image revealed that it has been on the internet since 2018.

Further findings revealed that the photo is that of the crowd that thronged the venue where Kwankwaso declared the presidential bid in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on August 29, 2018.

The claim that the photo showed the crowd that welcomed Kwankwaso to Gombe State is MISLEADING; the photo is of the crowd that thronged the Abuja venue where Kwankwaso declared his presidential bid on August 29, 2018.

Did PDP sack Iyorchia Ayu as its national chairman?

Recently, a news report circulated online with a claim that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),has sacked Senator Iyorchia Ayu as its National Chairman.

A Twitter user, LMAN with the username @L_man__, claimed that the PDP has sacked the party chairman for misappropriation.

He added that the party has appointed its Deputy National Chairman (North), Umar Damagum as its acting chairman.

PDP’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, in a statement revealed that he is currently on a two-week leave and It was in that acting capacity thatDamagum presided over the inauguration of the Osun State Gubernatorial Campaign Council, headed by the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, H.E. Douye Diri.

Conclusion

The claim that the PDP has sacked Senator Iyorchia Ayu as its national chairman and appointed Umar Damagum in his place is FALSE; as findings show that Damagum was acting in the party’s chairmanship capacity, while Ayu was away on leave.

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