BY: Oluwaseye Ogunsanya
Claim:
Afrobeats superstar, Davido claimed on X that Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has called on the collation centre to stop collation.
Verdict:
False. There is insufficient evidence to establish that Akpabio made the alleged statement.
Full Text:
Afrobeats superstar, who is also the nephew of incumbent governor, Ademola Adeleke, Davido claimed on X that Senate President Godswill Akpabio had called on the collation centre to stop the collation of results from the Osun State governorship election.
The claim emerged as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) began uploading results from Saturday’s election to its Result Viewing (IReV) portal. At press time, INEC had uploaded 87.48 per cent of the expected results. The number of uploaded results is expected to increase as more results from polling units across the state are uploaded.
The claim can also be found here, here, here and here.
Verification:
To verify the claim, FactCheckAfrica conducted a Google search to determine whether credible media organisations had reported that the Senate President called for the suspension of the collation of results. However, the search did not return any credible report confirming the claim.
FactCheckAfrica also checked the official social media accounts of the Senate President on X, Facebook and Instagram for any statement or post in which Akpabio called for the collation of Osun State governorship election results to be stopped. No such statement was found on any of his official accounts.
Based on the checks conducted, FactCheckAfrica found no credible evidence to substantiate the claim that Senate President Godswill Akpabio called on the collation centre to stop the collation of results from the Osun State governorship election.
Conclusion:
The claim that Senate President Godswill Akpabio called on the collation centre to stop the collation of results from the Osun State governorship election is unsubstantiated. FactCheckAfrica found no credible media report or statement on the Senate President’s verified social media accounts confirming that he made such a call. Although the claim was widely circulated on social media, the available evidence does not support it. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence to establish that Akpabio made the alleged statement.
