On Tuesday morning, the Special Assistant on Media to Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Dada Olusegun, shared two images on X to compare water transportation during Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Lagos Governor, Sanwo-Olu.
He captioned his post, “Water transportation in Anambra under Obi Vs Water Transportation in Lagos under Babajide Sanwo-Olu.”
At press time, the post has garnered over 54,000 views, has been liked by more than 800 X users, and retweeted more than 300 times.
In the first image, Obi is seen in a wooden canoe in front of a house that appeared submerged in a flood, with only its roof visible.
In the second image, Sanwo-Olu is seen holding the rail of a white boat.
Claim: The picture posted by Olusegun to represent water transportation during Obi’s tenure as governor of Anambra was taken when he was the governor of the state.
Verification: Using Dupli Checker, a reverse image tool for fact-checking, The Guardian checked the images that matched the one posted by Olusegun on Google.
Various similar searches showed up. Two were featured images of news stories published by Daily Post and Daily Trust, two Nigerian-based newspapers, in 2022.
The picture was taken when Obi visited people who lost their homes to a flood in Umueri, a community in Anambra, in October 2022.
Peter Obi was the governor of Anambra between 2006 and 2014.
Conclusion: The image posted by Tinubu’s media aide is misleading as it was taken eight years after Obi’s tenure.
| Re: Fact-check: Tinubu Aide Shares Misleading Image On Obi’s Water Transport Record by Boomdoom: 4:59pm |
| Tinubu’s aide using cheap propaganda to mislead the public. This report is necessary to protect unsuspecting |
| What’s misleading about the photo? Let me assist you guys with morePeter Obi and his supporters should learn to take responsibility for their own actions.Peter Obi had horrible and terrible tenure as Anambra state, but today, he’s a messiah to all those who lambasted him all through his tenureI am yet to see people who chew hypocrisy |
