A VIRAL video circulating on social media claims to show a massive crowd in Jos, Plateau State, gathering in support of Peter Obi and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) party.
The video, posted by a verified X user @arinzecajet001, features an aerial view of a massive crowd packed along a highway and surrounding buildings.
The clip is overlaid with the text “NDC update from Jos, Plateau State” and captioned “People’s choice, only someone who is bribed or hates this country will not vote for Peter Obi. Nigeria will be OK.”
The post gathered over 660,000 views, 8,400 likes, and over 3,000 retweets after publication.
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CLAIM
Viral post claims a video shows a crowd of Peter Obi supporters gathering in Jos, Plateau State.
FINDINGS
Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is FALSE.
A reverse image search conducted by The FactCheckHub reveals that the video does not show a political gathering in Jos or any location in Nigeria.
Keyframe verification traces the original footage to a video published by the Gambian media outlet StarTV on YouTube. The original clip, titled “Barrow ko Game Over as he arrives at the IEC”, was posted on 10 November 2026, hours before it was repurposed with a false narrative. Another Gambian account on Facebook @KERR FATOU posted similar footage and stated that the footage is of Barrow and his supporters.
The footage shows supporters of Gambian President Adama Barrow accompanying his convoy to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) headquarters in Banjul for his official nomination ahead of The Gambia’s 5 December 2026 presidential election.
Media reports from Gambian outlets, including The Standard Gambia, confirm that large crowds of National People’s Party (NPP) alliance supporters gathered around the IEC premises during the nomination process.
VERDICT
The claim that the video shows a political rally in Jos, Plateau State, is FALSE. Findings confirm that the footage shows supporters of Gambian president Adama Barrow arriving at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in Banjul, Gambia.
Seasoned writer and literary curator, Zainab Abdulrasaq is a factchecker for The FactCheckHub in an effort to combat information disorder. She can be reached on IG @blackbookishgirl or zabdulrasaq@icirnigeria.org
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