Claim: South African woman arrested for spending her lobola money from Nigerian son-in-law? No, viral photo is shared out of context
Fact-check: South African woman arrested for spending her lobola money from Nigerian son-in-law? No, viral photo is shared out of context
Verdict: a photo doing the rounds on social media in january 2024 doesn't show a south african woman arrested for spending counterfeit notes from her nigerian son-in-law's lobola payment. it's an old photo of four people arrested in 2021 for possessing counterfeit money.
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Catherine Adeniyi
Date published: 2024-02-01T00:00:00