CLAIM: An X user claimed there were incidents of vote buying in Owo, Ondo state. 

FINDINGS:  A report by BBC Pidgin confirmed the video was captured at Unit 016 Ahmadiyya Grammar School, Owo. 

A Keyframe analysis on INVID also shows that the video is recent on the internet. The NFC spoke with Fidelis David, an observer for TheCable, who explained that the language spoken in the video is Owo dialect. Mr David, who was in Owo early this morning, said although he didn’t see when cash was exchanged physically, he noticed that voters were displaying their ticked ballot papers to some set of persons across the field. He said they were probably doing that for the money promised. 

Also, Ayodele Oluwafemi, another TheCable observer in Kiribo Ese-Odo LGA, told the NFC that while he could not see voters being given cash physically, he observed that voters were given a piece of paper after they had voted, which they’d use to collect money later on.

VERDICT: CORRECT

SOURCES: Independent Observers, INVID, BBC Pidgin

DATE: 16/11/2024 

Credit link:  dubawa.org/true-vote-buying-reported-in-owo/