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  • 2019-09-10 (xsd:date)
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  • Misleading photo of truckload of firearms in US used as false evidence in Nigeria (en)
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  • A Facebook post claims a fake military base , occupied by armed robbers, kidnappers and other criminals, has been discovered at Okpokwu in Benue state, Nigeria. It says : These are militias killing people in the disguise of Fulani herdsmen. The May 2018 post has been shared 14,000 times. It includes a photo of a truck off-loading a large number of rifles. Photo used in another false claim But this photo has been used as false evidence multiple times. Africa Check debunked a false claim about it in July 2017 and another one in May 2019. The photo was actually taken in 2008 in the US by photographer David McNew for Getty Images , a stock photo agency. Illegal military base burnt down On 7 September 2017, Nigerian Channels TV reported that an illegal training school in Okpoga in Benue state was burnt down by the Nigerian navy. Twenty-eight fake naval trainees and their commandant were arrested . But there was no report of them being armed robbers, kidnappers or criminals. The two buildings burnt down look similar to the ones in the Facebook post . However, the picture of the truck-load of guns has nothing to do with Nigeria. – Motunrayo Joel (en)
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