Posts misleadingly claim Nigerian ruling party’s VP candidate said he was unfit for election

Published on 27/01/2023 at 11:08

Several social media posts recently claimed that the vice-presidential candidate of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said he was “sick and unfit” ahead of February’s elections. The posts implied that Kashim Shettima said he was not fit to run. However, this is misleading: while he acknowledged in a Facebook Live session that he was diabetic and had high blood pressure, he said both he and the APC’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, were both healthy enough to stand for election.

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Published on 25/01/2023 at 10:59

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Published on 23/01/2023 at 16:49

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Published on 19/01/2023 at 16:41

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Published on 19/01/2023 at 12:51

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Published on 16/01/2023 at 15:49

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Published on 11/01/2023 at 18:44

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Published on 11/01/2023 at 12:32

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Published on 11/01/2023 at 11:08

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Published on 06/01/2023 at 18:05

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Published on 06/01/2023 at 15:34

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Published on 22/12/2022 at 12:12

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Published on 16/12/2022 at 14:50

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Published on 09/12/2022 at 19:34

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