AN X user, Obiasogu David (@afrisagacity) has posted a video showing vehicles conveying dead bodies with a claim that it shows the bodies recovered from the recent flooding in Borno State.
The flooding, which occurred on September 10, 2024, had displaced thousands of residents and affected several facilities, including the Central Post Office and the Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in the state.
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The disaster also led to the temporary shutdown of some institutions and government agencies, including the University of Maiduguri (UniMaid).
The X user posted the video with a caption thus:
“Do ‘Humans’ Live In Aso Rock!
Frame one: d£ad bodies killed in the Maiduguri flood being evacuated from the scenes.
Frame two: The spokesperson’ and media Adviser to the ‘President’ calling for prayers, as solution to the flooding.
Don’t get angry yet…READ!”
The FactCheckHub decided to verify the accuracy of this X post to curb the spread of misinformation arising from this crisis situation.
CLAIM
Video shows dead bodies recovered from Borno flood.
THE FINDINGS
Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is MISLEADING, as the video shows dead bodies recovered after a terrorist attack in Yobe State a week earlier.
Our researcher subjected the keyframes in the video to a Google Reverse Image search and the result shows that the video has been online since September 4, 2024, before the Borno flooding incident.
An earlier version of the video posted here and here indicated that the video showed trucks and tricycles conveying dead bodies after terrorists struck a community in Yobe state on September 1, 2024.
The Punch reported that the gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents killed residents and set ablaze shops and houses in Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State.
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The FactCheckHub also observed that the name of the local government was also written on the vigilantes’ vehicles conveying the dead bodies which were recovered after a search-and-rescue operation led by the Nigerian Army and supported by local vigilantes.
THE VERDICT
The claim that the video shows dead bodies recovered from the recent flooding in Borno State is MISLEADING; the video shows people who died from a terrorist attack in Yobe State on September 1, 2024.
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 [email protected] and @NurudeenAkewus1 via Twitter.
