Fact-Check: Viral Video of Contractors Pouring Black Substance on Road in Osun State Is Misleading

Claim: A Facebook user claimed that Governor Ademola Adeleke was pouring black chemicals on ordinary sand during road construction.

Verdict: Misleading

Full Text 

A post by a Facebook user, Hassan Ibn Adil, on 11th August 2026, claimed that the Osun State Government under the leadership of Governor Ademola Adeleke is using an improper or suspicious substance/material in road construction.

In the post, he claimed that this “One of the road Ademola Adeleke … is building in Osun, this people are pouring black chemicals on ordinary sand…”

He went further, saying that “U can never found somebody like this in Edo, with a call to vote AMBO APC.”

Screenshot from the video posted by Hassan Ib Abdul

At the time of writing, the post had received 92 likes, 3,667 comments, and 34 reshares and had drawn strong criticism from users who disagreed with the claim.

The claim, circulated days before the state election, could mislead voters and heighten political tensions.

NDRFactcheck dives into the claim to provide accurate information on whether it is Osun State or not?

Verification 

Through a reverse image search on Google, NDRFactcheck found that the video was of a construction site in Africa called Garbon.

A politician’s upcoming visit prompted the renovation of the country’s road.

The caption in the video reads “Workers in Gabon were filmed spreading a black substance over a dirt road ahead of an impending visit from a politician.”

In a separate post on 8th August, 2026, it was found that the road was actually in Gabon; this work was done due to a politician’s visit to the country.

Conclusion

From the investigation, we were able to establish that the video of road construction found linked to Osun State under the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke is misleading

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