By Pascal Ibe
Claim
A parody X account of VeryDarkMan, @vdmempire, claimed that the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, invited a Nigerian man who built a Tesla Cyber truck lookalike.
Verdict
This claim is UNPROVEN. FACTWATCH Nigeria couldn’t find any credible report that confirmed this claim to be true. Also, no posts on this were seen on the official X account of the tech billionaire.
Full Text
In the first week of June, social media was abuzz after photos of a built-in Nigeria Tesla cyber truck lookalike surfaced online.
On the X platform, the African hub and others shared photos of the cyber truck lookalike and wrote, “Meet Nigerian 🇳🇬 innovator Yakkabad, who locally built a replica of Elon Musk’s Cybertruck made using disposed metals, tires, steering wheel, brakes, clutch, and engine.
“Yakkabad documented the production of his Cybertruck replica on TikTok, where he showed the whole process.
Regarding this, a parody X account of VeryDarkMan, a famous Nigerian activist, has claimed that the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, invited a Nigerian man who built a Tesla Cyber truck lookalike.
@vdmempire on X published images of the car alongside the caption that reads, “Breaking News🚨🚨🚨
Elon Musk invites Young Nigerian Boy who built a Tesla Truck from scratch using waste products . He was shocked to see a young man build such with little
Or no help . He has decided to invite the boy over to have a talk with him . Hopefully it leads to greater things.
“Never stop working , keep going , one day you’ll make it or you’ll die and rest.
The post has already garnered over 200k views and more than 2k likes with 300 reposts, according to X analytics.
Verification
A thorough search by FACTWATCH Nigeria indicated no reputable news organization in Nigeria or internationally, has confirmed this claim to be true.
Checks on the official X account of Elon Musk showed that there are no posts related to this.
Elon Musk in war of words with Trump
The tech billionaire, Elon, has been in the news since last week after the rift he had with the US, president, Donald Trump.
Their blistering break-up — largely carried out on social media before a riveted public on Thursday last week — was ignited by Musk’s harsh criticism of Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful” spending bill, which is currently before Congress.
Some lawmakers who were against the bill had called on Musk, one of the Republican Party’s biggest financial backers in last year’s presidential election, to fund primary challenges against Republicans who voted for the legislation.
“He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that,” Trump, who also branded Musk “disrespectful,” told NBC News on Saturday, without specifying what those consequences would be.
However, Elon said Wednesday he regretted some of his recent criticisms of the US president, after the pair’s public falling-out last week.
“I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X.
Musk’s expression of regret came just days after Trump threatened the tech billionaire with “serious consequences” if he sought to punish Republicans who voted for a controversial spending bill.
Conclusion
There’s no concrete evidence anywhere that corroborates the claim that Elon Musk invited a Nigerian man who constructed Tesla Cyber truck lookalike. Therefore, it’s UNPROVEN.
