Claim: No, beaten man in viral video not a local government chair from Nigeria's ruling party
Fact-check: No, beaten man in viral video not a local government chair from Nigeria's ruling party
Verdict: : several social media users have posted a video of a man being whipped while tied to a tree, claiming it shows a nigerian local government official being beaten up by angry community members. but the video is at least a year old, and has been posted widely with different explanations of what is going on.
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Muktar Balogun
Date published: 2024-04-11T00:00:00