A video showing a group of women holding tree branches and chanting “Igbo Must Go” has resurfaced online with a claim that it shows a recent protest against Nigerians of Igbo extraction in Ghana.
An X user, @pontrol_777, posted the claim alongside a screenshot with a caption that read:
“A current video of Ghanaians protesters shouting “Igbo must go”. What have they done to Ghanaians this time around. They are not the only tribe in Ghana o.”
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The claim has generated over 100,000 views, more than 700 likes and over 300 reposts as of October 13, 2024.
Another X user, @NoNonsensezone, also posted the same video and screenshot with a similar caption thus:
IGBO MUST GO: A trending video from Ghana shows Ghanaians protesting for the Igbo tribe of Nigeria to leave their Country.
The claim has generated over 38,000 views and more than 200 reposts as of October 13, 2024.
Other X users have shared the same claim multiple times as seen here and here etc.
CLAIM
Video shows a recent “Igbo Must Go” protest in Ghana.
THE FINDINGS
Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is MISLEADING.
The Igbo people are one of the major ethnic groups in Nigeria, concentrated in the southeast around the Niger River. They can also be found in the South-South part of the country.
The FactCheckHub subjected the keyframes in the video to Google reverse image search and the result shows that the video has been online since at least September 2023.
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Our fact-checker obtained an earlier version of the video which an X user, @TheBiafraChild, posted on September 11, 2023. He claimed that the women were protesting to demand the exit of an Igbo man from their community in Ghana.
“Imagine Fulani immigrants in Ghana protesting that Igbo man should go.. sometimes I wonder what Igbo people in authority do in order to salvage our reputation or just wearing red caps and organising functions every minute of the day,” his post read.
The FactCheckHub also analysed some keyframes in the video using Geospy.ai, a geo-location AI tool. Our checks confirmed that the location of the protest is Ghana based on the architecture of the buildings and clothes worn by the people in the video.
THE VERDICT
The claim that the video shows a recent protest against Igbos in Ghana is MISLEADING; the video has been online more than one year ago.
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.
