{"id":1491787,"date":"2022-05-25T13:46:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1491787"},"modified":"2022-05-25T13:46:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:46:20","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-nigerians-fleeing-from-gunfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-nigerians-fleeing-from-gunfire\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Nigerians Fleeing From Gunfire?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-nigerians-fleeing-from-gunfire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1491787&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/9rpfJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows a crowd of people running away from gunfire in Abuja, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The footage stems from an August 2020 incident in Ivory Coast, not Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A popular market in the Nigerian capital city of Abuja was temporarily shuttered May 19 on the orders of government authorities after violence erupted there that left five people dead, according to Nigerian news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/news\/abuja-market-shut-as-violence-escalates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a video shared on Facebook claims to show people running from gunfire in the city. It shows dozens of people running down a street, some screaming. \u201cBREAKING NEWS!!! Unknown gunmen in Abuja host a heavy gun battle Crusade, \u201creads the post\u2019s caption. \u201cSecurity men and people scampered for safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clip predates the recent violence in Abuja, however. A reverse image search reveals the same footage was shared by the French-language news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsi-africa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LSi Africa<\/a> on Twitter in August 2020 with a caption that indicates the video was filmed in Bonoua, Ivory Coast, not Nigeria.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">\ud83d\udd34[VIDEO]\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddee<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CIV225?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CIV225<\/a> : situation tendue \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bonoua?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bonoua<\/a> (r\u00e9gion du Sud-Como\u00e9, situ\u00e9e au nord-est de Grand-Bassam) o\u00f9 les forces de l\u2019ordre sont prises \u00e0 partie par les populations sorties manifester contre la candidature du pr\u00e9sident ivoirien Alassane <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ouattara?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ouattara<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Civ?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Civ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u5lagQpyCM\">pic.twitter.com\/u5lagQpyCM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LSI AFRICA (@lsiafrica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lsiafrica\/status\/1291749456002547714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cTense situation in <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Bonoua<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> (South-Como\u00e9 region, located northeast of Grand-Bassam) where the police are attacked by the populations exits to demonstrate against the candidacy of Ivorian President Alassane <span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Ouattara<\/span>,\u201d reads a translated version of the tweet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ouattara, who has served as Ivory Coast\u2019s president since 2010, was reelected for a third term in 2020 after two opposition candidates on the ballot told supporters not to participate in the election to protest the incumbent\u2019s candidacy, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/africa\/20201103-ivory-coast-president-ouattara-wins-re-election-to-third-term\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France 24<\/a>. Ouattara claimed the approval of a new constitution in 2016 allowed him to run for a third term while the previous constitution limited him to two, the outlet reported. His election sparked widespread violence across the country, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/africa_thousands-flee-ivory-coast-post-election-violence\/6197927.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VOA News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Nigeria has been the target of misinformation. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/05\/19\/fact-check-nigerian-election-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a> recently debunked a claim that a Dutch man was running for governor in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook allegedly shows a crowd of people running away from gunfire in Abuja, Nigeria.Verdict: False The footage stems from an August 2020 incident in Ivory Coast,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":1491813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1491787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1491787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1491813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1491787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1491787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1491787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}