Fact-Check: Soludo Hasn't Been Declared Winner of the Anambra Election.
- Fact Check
- November 8, 2025

Claim: Governor Charles Soludo is the winner in the ongoing Anambra elections. Verdict: False Full Text: Shortly after accreditation and voting commenced in many centres in the Anambra governorship election polls, an X user @Esteembehemoth at about 9:43 am published information claiming that Governor Charles Soludo is the winner in the ongoing Anambra elections. This
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Claim: An X user @Ojay147 posted a picture of a man with a head injury with #Anambradecides2025 Verdict: Misleading. Full Text: An X user @Ojay147 on the 8th November, 2025, posted a picture of a man with a head injury, attributing it to the ongoing election. The post, which has a caption, “#Anambradecides2025” The timing
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Claim: A post on Facebook on the eve of the election claimed that two of Soludo’s Mayors were caught with N750 million cash each. Verdict: False Full Text In a viral post on Facebook on 7th November, 2025, Michael Chibuzo claimed that two Soludo mayors were caught with a sum of 750 million naira each
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Claim: Anambra Records 58% drop in voter turnout in eight years Verdict: True. A claim by user 2_amaechi posted on that Anambra has recorded a drop in voter turnout over the past eight years. Screenshot from the tweet Ndrfactcheck found that in an election monitoring group, Kimpact Development Initiative, under the Strengthening Electoral Accountability
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Claim: A viral post claims that the police fired teargas canisters at Yiaga Africa election observers at the Independent Electoral Commission office in Ihiala local government. Verdict: False. A viral post circulated early on election day that some election observers deployed by Yiaga Africa were teargassed by the personnel of the Nigeria Police at the
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Claim: On Friday morning, a viral message and video began circulating in Awka, the capital of Anambra State, alleging that a three-day sit-at-home order had been announced in Anambra State for the period of the governorship election. Verdict: False A viral video posted on 6 November 2025 claimed that the “Biafra Republic Government in Exile”
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