Claim: An image viewed thousands of times claims to show a drone sent by the Nigerian government shot down in southeastern Nigeria by Biafran separatists. The claim is false. AFP Fact Check found that the image is of a Turkish-made drone hit by an air defence unit of the Artsakh Defence Army in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region, internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan.
Fact-check: Photo shows destroyed drone in Azerbaijan, not Nigeria
Verdict: photo shows destroyed drone in azerbaijan, not nigeria
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Erin Flanagan
Date published: 2023-01-20T15:22:00