A prominent Nigerian journalist and publisher, Dele Momodu, has posted an aerial video that shows a large crowd protesting on a busy street to depict the ongoing August nationwide protest in Niger State, Nigeria.
According to FactCheckHub, the video, shared on Instagram on 1st August 2024, has an inscription that read thus:
“Niger Today. Niger State. No going back”.
The video has had over 100,000 plays, with almost 6,000 likes and over 150 comments as of 3rd August 2024.
Momodu’s claim is that the video shows #EndBadGovernance protest in Niger State.
However, findings by this medium show that the claim is MISLEADING, as the video is from the recent protest in Kenya held in June 2024 over the proposed tax bill.
The fact-checker traced the source of the video posted by Momodu to a TikTok user, @cp_ontop_. The user shared the video on Thursday, 1st August; it has since gone viral on the social media platform.
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Further analysis showed that the video depicts the recent protest in Kenya over the proposed tax bill. An earlier version of the video was shared here by a TikTok user, on 20th June 2024.
One of the billboards seen in the video also bears the name “Nakuru”, a city located northwest of Nairobi in Kenya.
Reports showed that residents of the city gathered in various areas to protest against the Finance Bill 2024 and the high cost of living in June 2024. Pictures taken at the actual location during the protest can be seen here.
Recall that perennial insecurity, high inflation and hike in cost of living, among other reasons, have pushed many Nigerians to the streets as part of a 10-day nationwide protest which started on Thursday, 1st August and billed to end by 10th August.
Aggrieved Nigerians, who are mostly youths, took to the streets since Thursday with placards bearing different inscriptions, including “End Bad Governance” and “There is Hunger in the land,” The ICIR reported.
The ICIR also reported that the first day of the protests turned violent in some parts of the country, including Kano and Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital.
