Claim: Video shows Nigerian senator criticising the current AGF and IGP at the Senate Chambers. Verdict: MISLEADING. The video was recorded seven years ago and does not pertain to the current AGF or IGP. Full Story A video of a Nigerian senator criticising the AGF and IGP is circulating on social media, being linked to
Claim: Video shows Nigerian senator criticising the current AGF and IGP at the Senate Chambers.
Verdict: MISLEADING. The video was recorded seven years ago and does not pertain to the current AGF or IGP.
Full Story
A video of a Nigerian senator criticising the AGF and IGP is circulating on social media, being linked to a recent debate involving Lateef Fagbemi and Kayode Egbetokun.
In a post made on the 9th of August 2025 by an X (formerly Twitter) user with handle @TENBEGILOJU202 archived here, has the video footage with the caption that reads,
“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.”
A screenshot of the X post
In the 1 minute 29 seconds long video, Misau is seen addressing the senate on the matter involving the prosecution of Abdulhamid Maina, then Chairman, Police Reform Task Team (PRTT), complaining about the IG’s action, which hindered the Senate from carrying out its investigations.
“This attorney-general is becoming a nuisance, going to court to stop Maina’s, and we are still here.”
“The IG came here with a lawyer that he is not going to answer any questions from the Senate, and after that, he went to institute an order in court restraining the Senate from investigating him,” he said.
The X post has since gathered over 62,000 views and over 1,500 likes.
Similarly, the video was posted on a TikTok page ‘gidyon16officials’ on the 10th of August and has since gathered over 92,000 views, more than 2000 likes, and over 900 shares.
This claim is coming at a period where the IGP is under public scrutiny on allegations of corruption involving the benefits of retired police officers and this prompted us to fact-check the claim.
A screenshot from the TikTok page
VERIFICATION
The video was subjected to verification, and our findings reveal that it is misleading.
Through a Google image search, the Nigerian Senator in the video is identified as Isah Misau, representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District between 2015-2019, during the Late President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
We conducted multiple keyword searches and discovered that the video had been on the internet since the year 2018, where Misau reprehended the involvement of the then AGF, Abubakar Malami, in the legal proceedings meant to investigate the allegations brought against Abdulrasheed Maina, then Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT)
The media report shows that the video was from a Senate plenary session held on the 16th of January 2018.
In 2021, the court sentenced Maina to 8 years imprisonment for money laundering offences involving N2billion in pension fund after finding him and his company, Common Input Property and Investment Ltd, guilty on all the 12 counts filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
As for the Common Input Property and Investment Ltd.’s punishment, the judge ordered that it should be wound up and its assets forfeited to the federal government.
According to media reports, the judge held that Mr Maina stole over N2 billion belonging to pensioners, “most of whom have died without reaping the fruits of their labour”.
