A Facebook user, Dashap Sandra, has shared an image of bundles of a legal tender with a claim that it was part of the items found and recovered from the Maiduguri flooding.
In the image, stack of cash bundles could be seen with soil stains all over it, making it hard to decipher which type of currency it is.
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The caption on the image read:
This among many were found during de Flood situation in Maiduguri, bundles of different currencies stained in the mud.
As at the time of filing this report on October 7, 2024, the post had garnered a significant amount of reactions from other online users who believe it to be true.
Recall that the collapse of Alau Dam on September 9, 2024, had led to severe flooding in Maiduguri, Borno State, causing considerable humanitarian challenges. Reports show that at least 37 people have died, and more than 1 million residents have been displaced throughout the region.
CLAIM
Image shows soiled cash bundles recovered from Maiduguri flood in Borno State.
THE FINDINGS
Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is MISLEADING, as this particular incident happened in northern Sudan and unrelated to flooding in Nigeria’s Borno State.

When our fact-checker conducted a reverse image search on the image using Google Lens, few Arabic texts, which suggests an headline, were noticed on the image.
After translating the Arabic texts with Google Translate, it read:
It was hidden in a warehouse.. A huge financial fortune in Sudanese currencies was swept away by flood waters.. Local news
Media reports note that in August 2024, severe floods hit northern Sudan, causing significant damage to over 10,000 homes, in the regions north of Dongola city and the city of Abu Hamad in River Nile State, where the rains and flooding have been particularly intense.
“In the past few days, massive floods have swept through several areas in northern Sudan, completely or partially destroying more than 10,000 homes. The intensity of the rains and floods was great in the areas north of Dongola city, in addition to the city of Abu Hamad in River Nile State”, part of the report read.
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Several local and international media houses also reported the same incident in August 2024, thus corroborating the fact that the flooding involving the cash bundle happened in Sudan and not Maiduguri as claimed.
The report further stated that this has sparked significant environmental concerns, as floodwaters have mixed with waste from numerous mining sites in the area, carrying it into the Nile River, which serves as the primary source of drinking water and irrigation for agricultural projects in the country.

After observing the one of the currency in the image, checks showed that it was part of the official legal tender in northern Sudan.
THE VERDICT
The claim that image shows soiled cash bundles recovered from Maiduguri flood is MISLEADING; they were recovered from a flooding incident in northern Sudan, not Nigeria.
Seasoned fact-checker and researcher Fatimah Quadri has written numerous fact-checks, explainers, and media literacy pieces for The FactCheckHub in an effort to combat information disorder. She can be reached at sunmibola_q on X or [email protected].