By Pascal Ibe

Claim

An X user, @TENBEGILOJU202, posted a video showing a Nigerian Senator lambasting the IGP and Attorney General, and claimed that it was recent.

Verdict

This claim is MISLEADING. Findings indicated that this video was from 2018 when Isah Misau, the senator who represented Bauchi Central at the National Assembly, berated Abubakar Malami, the ex-Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) over his role in the recall of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, and his legal moves to stop the Senate from investigating the matter.

Full Text

An X user, @TENBEGILOJU202 has posted a video showing a Nigerian Senator lambasting the IGP and the Attorney General of the Federation alongside the claim that it was a recent video.

In the video, the Senator stated, “This attorney-general (Abubakar Malami) is becoming a nuisance, going to court to stop Maina’s and we are still here.”

The X user published the video and wrote, “INTERESTING DAYS AHEAD AS THEIR CENTRE CAN NO LONGER HOLD!!! The senators are extremely angry with the IGP and the attorney general for disrespecting and daring them. It is now the “Clash of Titans” in Abuja. Retweet till it gets to the Jagabandits.

The post has already generated over 15i views and more than 340 reposts with 400 likes.

This claim was also shared on Facebook and TikTok yesterday.

Verification

First, to verify the identity of the Senator, we conducted a Google Lens Search using a keyframe from the video. Results showed that the man in the video is Senator Isah Misau, who represented Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate from 2015 to 2019.

FACTWATCH Nigeria did a keyword search on Google and discovered that the video first appeared online in January 2018.

Watch the full video here.

Confirming further, the ICIR reported in 2018 that Misau condemned Malami’s role in the recall of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, and his legal moves to stop the Senate from investigating the matter

He also asked to know why Babachir Lawal, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has not been charged in court months after his indictment by a committee headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

Read this story on another Nigerian news organization here

Conclusion

The video showing a Nigerian Senator lambasting the IGP and Attorney General is not recent, findings indicated.