Claim: Controversy has dogged the presidential ambitions of politician Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is vying for Nigeria's top job in elections scheduled for February 2023. The polemic includes allegations that he did not attend primary school. In response, his supporters posted a picture shared thousands of times on Facebook, claiming that it shows Tinubu as a schoolboy. However, this is false: AFP Fact Check found that the child in the photo is actually Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
Fact-check: Picture shows Nigeria's vice president in primary school, not presidential candidate Bola Tinubu
Verdict: picture shows nigeria's vice president in primary school, not presidential candidate bola tinubu
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Tonye Bakare
Date published: 2022-07-07T15:40:00