A video showing people protesting in front of the government house in Anambra has circulated on X with a claim that Biafrans are gradually taking over the State.
The video, posted on August 17, 2025, by Ngozi Orabueze, a self-acclaimed Prime Minister of the “United States of Biafra,” shows a woman with a megaphone leading a protest while others marched behind her carrying a banner.
The post was captioned: “Breaking: Biafrans gradually taken over their state in Ikemba. United States of Biafra USB is a Sovereign state and the delegitimized governors must leave Biafraland. Soludo should peacefully leave Biafraland. The People are rising and coming.”
As of the time of filing this fact-check, the post had garnered over 500 reposts and more than 700 likes.
CLAIM
The video shows Biafrans gradually taking over Anambra State.
THE FINDINGS
Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is MISLEADING.
Screenshots from the video were analysed using Google Reverse Image Search. Results traced the video to a Facebook post published on August 15, 2025. The accompanying caption explained that the protest was led by Chioma Grace Ifemeludike, the African Action Congress (AAC) governorship candidate in Anambra State.
According to the Facebook post, Ifemeludike had attempted to enter the Anambra State Government House known as the Light House but was restricted by security operatives. She had demanded to see Governor Charles Soludo to present her concerns about insecurity in the state.
Further keyword searches confirmed that Chioma Ifemeludike is indeed the AAC governorship candidate. She also introduced herself as such in the video. Ifemeludike has consistently spoken against alleged human rights abuses and criminal activities by the state-backed Agunechemba security network, and had previously threatened to lead a protest if reforms were not carried out.
A closer look at the protest banner in the video reveals that it does not reference Biafra. Instead, it condemned the killing of a man named Emmanuel, reportedly murdered by kidnappers after refusing to sexually assault his sister.
This shows that the protest was tied to insecurity and governance issues in Anambra State, not to any Biafra secessionist movement.
VERDICT
The claim that the video shows Biafrans taking over Anambra State is MISLEADING. The footage actually depicts a protest led by Chioma Ifemeludike, the AAC governorship candidate, over insecurity and human rights concerns in Anambra.
Nurudeen Akewushola is a fact-checker with FactCheckHub. He has authored several fact checks which have contributed to the fight against information disorder. You can reach him via nyahaya@icirnigeria.org and @NurudeenAkewus1 via Twitter.
