Claim: Multiple posts on Facebook and across blogs in Nigeria and Kenya have been shared alongside the image of a sick man receiving treatment. According to the posts, the man was beaten by a congregation of people who claimed he asked for money to give New Year's blessings. But this is false; the image does not show a pastor in 2022, it shows a Nigerian actor who died in 2017.
Fact-check: This image shows an actor who died in 2017, not a pastor requesting money to give New Year's blessings
Verdict: this image shows an actor who died in 2017, not a pastor requesting money to give new year's blessings
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Mayowa Tijani
Date published: 2022-01-12T17:19:00