A video depicting Dino Melaye, a former senator representing Kogi west, calling for support for Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi surfaces online.
BulletinNG reports that in the 40 seconds video, Dino, a spokesperson PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee called on Nigerians, the crusade by Peter Obi to campaign for the new Nigeria to come.
“I wanna say, it is time for us to think. I encourage the crusade, the movement started by Peter Obi to continue, move from campus to campus, move from community to community, move from one progressive group and organisation in this country to another to campaign for the new Nigeria that is to come and be part of the movement,” Melaye said in the video.
Watch Moment Dino Called For More Support For Peter Obi
Dino has also seen the light and dump Atiku to endorse HE Peter Obi of labour party. Where are mikano boys this time to follow suite.
Tinubu = Buhari F9, vote wisely LP.
Ogun State Mr Ibu APC governors Naira pic.twitter.com/ajPzpIH89U— Tochukwu Franklin (Kingklin) (@TochukwuFrankl4) February 4, 2023
However, some doubts as to the credibility of the video since it went viral online, even as Melaye reinstated his support for Atiku.
THE FINDINGS BY Nigerian Fact Checkers Coalition Synergy
Findings show that the claim is FAKE.
When the footage was subjected to further analysis using the InVid video verification tool, findings from the video fragmentation revealed the clip was taken out of context from a longer and original version.
The original video
On the 1st of July, 2022, Melaye shared a 6-minute, 25 seconds video of himself with the caption:
“Obi is a fantastic and a good man, but he lacks the capacity to unify Nigerians.”
In the full video, Melaye pledged his support for PDP’s Atiku Abubakar and downplayed Obi’s candidacy ahead of the election.
Melaye further stated that Atiku is a unifier and outlined some qualities which he believes make Atiku the best candidate to be president.
BulletinNG Verdict
Findings show that the claim is FALSE; this is because even though Dino Melaye was talking about Peter Obi, he wasn’t showing support for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate as claimed on social media.