A video showing a news broadcast about the raid of a fake drug factory has surfaced online with a claim that it shows a Nigerian man, Emeka Madu, arrested recently by the police for manufacturing fake drugs in Nigeria.
An X user, @NoNonsensezone posted the video alongside a caption thus:
“FAKE DRUGS: An Igbo man Emeka Madu arrested for making Fake Malaria Drugs in an uncompleted building in Ikotun Lagos
Emeka and 4 other Igbo men were arrested at the site where they were manufacturing fake drugs to sell to Nigerians. killing Thousands of Nigerians.”
The video has generated over 260,000 views, more than 1,000 reposts and over 1,900 likes as of September 26, 2024.
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Similarly, another X user, @Onsogbu posted the same claim with a caption that read:
“Emeka Madu arrested for making Fake Malaria Drugs in an uncompleted building in Ikotun Lagos state.
Emeka and his cohorts were arrested at the site where they were manufacturing fake drugs to sell to Nigerians k!lling thousands of Nigerians.”
The post has garnered more than 800,000 views, over 600 reposts and more than 900 likes as of September 26.
CLAIM
Video shows a Nigerian man arrested recently for alleged manufacturing of fake drugs.
THE FINDINGS
Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is MISLEADING, as the video had surfaced online over 5 years ago.
Our researcher subjected keyframes in the video to a Google reverse image search and the result shows that Channels TV posted the video on December 15, 2018.
It depicts the uncovering of an illegal drug factory by officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) where four counterfeit suspected fake drug manufacturers were found at Ikotun area of Lagos State in Nigeria.
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The security operatives stormed and raided the factory where substantial production, packaging and distribution of suspected fake drugs to different parts of the country was being carried out.
Those arrested were Emeka Madu aka Cabara 47yrs, the owner and leader of the gang operating the suspected fake drug Factory; Eze Young, 26yrs; Chijoke Umunna, 19yrs and Kingsley Obilo 22yrs.
The police said they were caught and arrested in the act of producing the suspected fake drug with the use of machines fabricated for processing, manufacturing and packaging of the suspected fake drugs.
THE VERDICT
The claim that the video shows recent arrest of a Nigerian man for manufacturing fake drugs is MISLEADING; the video has been online since 2018.
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.
