“Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari died in 2017”
Social media posts
Claim dated 16 May 2019.
Africa Check rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 May 2019. Africa Check (Nigeria) looked into it and published its finding on 24 May 2019, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=159011848469784&set=pcb.159012031803099&type=3&th…
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