Tushen Magana: A ranar Asabat, 14 ga watan Nuwanban shekara ta 2020 jaridar The Nation ta wallafa wani labari inda tace mataimakin kwamishan yan sanda a jahar Edo ya rasu sakamakon harbin sad a matsafa sukayi yayin da yake musayar wuta da matsafan. Labarin yace, mataimakin kwamishinan yan sandan wanda shine ke lura da rundunar …
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CLAIM: On Saturday, November 14, 2020, The Nation Newspaper reported that an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in Edo State had died from bullet injury sustained while he engaged in a shootout with cultists in the state. The report published on The Nation said the ACP, who is in charge of the Area Command in …
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VERDICT: Misleading CLAIM: On Monday October 19, 2020, inmates of the Nigeria Correctional Centre in Benin, Edo State escaped from the facility at the peak of the #EndSARS protest. A report published by Goldennews, claimed that #EndSARS protesters clamouring for an end to Police brutality broke into a correctional facility in Sapele Road Benin to …
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VERDICT: False CLAIM: On September 10, 2020, fact-checkers at the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) spotted a WhatsApp message claiming that Osaze Osemwegie-Ero, Governor Godwin Obaseki’s former Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism, and Diaspora has been sentenced to 10-years imprisonment. The post with the headline: BREAKING MEWS: “Osaze Osemwegie-Ero (Governor Obaseki’s commissioner for Art, Culture, …
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Tushen Magana: A ranar Laraba, 10 ga watan Satunban shekara ta 2020, masu tantance sahihancin labarai na Cibiyar Bunkasa Demokaradiyya da Cigaba (CDD) sukaci karo da wani sako da ake yadawa a manhajar WhatsApp cewa Osaze Osemwegie-Ero wanda kwamishinan al’adu da bude ido da kuma harkokin ketare a jahar Edo an yanke masa hukuncin daurin …
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Earlier today, voters across the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Edo State headed to the polls to elect a Governor. The CDD Election Analysis Centre (EAC) has been receiving reports from our trained group of nonpartisan observers accredited by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This preliminary statement provides an overview of our initial …
The Edo governorship election scheduled to hold on 19 September 2020, is one of seven off-season elections across Nigeria’s 36states. Edo is strategic for national politics. Prior to June 2020, when Edo’s incumbent defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), it was the only state in the South-South geopolitical …
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Gaskiyar Magana: Karya Ne! Tushen Magana: Angano wani hoto da ake yadawa a kafafen sada zumunta na zamani dake ikirarin cewa tsohon shugaban jam’iyyar APC na kasa, Adams Oshiomhole ya kada kuri’arsa ga jam’iyyar PDP a zaben gwamnan jahar Edo. Wani shafin Twitter mai suna PDP Vanguard (@pdpvanguard) ya wallafa wata magana kamar haka: “Tof …
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CLAIMA tweet from PDP’s official twitter handle posted a video claiming that APC agents are buying votes at polling units. FACTThe video posted was posted by many others, and while it does not mention which polling unit and which ward, CDD’s official observers on the ground has observed vote buying happing across multiple wards. There …
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Gaskiyar Magana: Labarin Yana Cike Da Rudani! Da misalign karfe 8:30 na safiyar yau Asabat, 19 ga watan Satunban shekara ta 2020 jaridar Vanguard ta wallafa wani labari mai taken: “Jami’an tsaro sun mamaye hukumar zabe a jahar Edo”. Gaskiyar Magana: An jibge ayarin jami’an tsaro a hedikwatar hukumar zabe ta kasa INEC dake birnin …
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Gaskiyar Magana: Karya Ne! Tushen Magana: Angano wani hoto da ake yadawa a kafafen sada zumunta na zamani dake ikirarin cewa tsohon shugaban jam’iyyar APC na kasa, Adams Oshiomole ya kada kuri’arsa ga jam’iyyar PDP a zaben gwamnan jahar Edo. Wani shafin Twitter mai suna PDP Vanguard (@pdpvanguard) ya wallafa wata magana kamar haka: “Tof …
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VERDICT: False CLAIM: Multiple twitter handles including the official twitter handle of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) claimed that “In Ward 9, unit 15, Ego LGA, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Local Government Area (LGA) hijacked electoral materials and moved the polling booth to his hotel called “play house”. Voters …
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As Edo State voters prepare to head to the polls for the 19 September gubernatorial election, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) is closely monitoring the democratic process. CDD’s observation of the electoral process in Edo State, which is also informed by the guidelines of Nigeria’s electoral regulatory body, the Independent National Electoral Commission …
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The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has called on politicians in Nigeria to de-escalate the tension building up ahead of the September 19, 2020, Edo state governorship election. Highlighting some of the early warning signs which portend grave danger for the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral process and its outcomes, the CDD stressed that some …
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Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Edo state, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has urged political parties to engage in issue-based campaigns. The Centre also urged the political parties to shun activities which may potentially incite violence among members and opponents alike. In a communique released by the CDD on Friday, August …
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