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Video does not show Nigerian Army troops deployed to Borno in 2026

Nurudeen Akewushola
Nurudeen Akewushola
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AN X user, @Palermo_seun, posted a video showing a convoy of armoured vehicles, claiming the convoy consisted of 10,000 soldiers being deployed to Borno State to fight terrorists.

The footage, posted on May 13, 2026, shows multiple armoured vehicles moving in sequence, with soldiers visible on some of them.

The video had the caption: “The Nigerian Army has deployed over 10,000 of its most courageous and highly trained soldiers to Borno to combat terrorism and protect lives.”

As of May 14, 2026, the post had generated over 200 reposts and more than 1,000 likes.

CLAIM

Video shows Nigerian Army troops recently deployed to Borno State.

screenshot of the viral post

FINDINGS

Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is MISLEADING.

The claim surfaced amid ongoing counterinsurgency operations by the Nigerian military across parts of the country.

The Defence Headquarters said it carried out coordinated air interdiction operations between May 9 and May 10 across the villages of Katerma, Bokko, Kusasu, and Kuduru in Shiroro LGA of Niger state. A similar operation was also launched on the Tumfa market in Zurmi LGA of Zamfara State on the same day.

The FactCheckHub subjected keyframes from the video shared by the social media user to a Google Reverse Image Search; the result showed that the footage has been online for months and is unrelated to any recent deployment.

Checks show that the viral clip is a compilation of two different videos joined together.

The first segment, which shows a long convoy of armoured tanks, has been online since October 29, 2025. It was posted by a Cameroon-based social media user, Julio Keng, with the French caption: “C’est toujours pour Douala”. This translates to: “It’s always for Douala.”

Douala is the largest city and economic capital of Cameroon, located along the Atlantic coast. This indicates that the first segment has no connection to Nigeria.

Visual analysis also shows clear differences between the two scenes. While the first segment features a heavily vegetated environment, the second appears to have less vegetation with sparse trees, suggesting different locations.

First segment of the video which was shot in a heavily vegetated area

A reverse image search on the second segment shows that it has been online since December 2025.

The footage was first shared by a Facebook account, Adeyemi Godown’Jb, on December 12, 2025, with the caption:

“Dear God Please Always Protect our Nigeria Army in war front.”

The second frame of the video, which was shot in an area with less vegetation

This confirms that the viral post is a compilation of older videos taken out of context.

Further checks on the Nigerian Army’s official social media platforms and credible media reports did not show any announcement supporting the claim of a recent deployment of 10,000 troops to Borno.

VERDICT

The claim that the video shows the recent deployment of 10,000 Nigerian Army troops to Borno is MISLEADING. The footage is a compilation of old videos, including one from Cameroon, and does not depict any current military deployment in Nigeria.

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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.

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