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FACT CHECK: Did Dino Melaye Get His Facts Right About Gani Fawehinmi’s 2003 Vote by DAENNINGA(m): 12:52pm On Aug 14, 2022 |
Dino Melaye, spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign organisation, in an interview on Channels Television, made claims about late Gani Fawehinmi’s 2003 presidential votes. On August 12, Melaye was a guest on Politics Today, a live interview programme on Channels television. While responding to questions on the increasing popularity of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour party, and the political consciousness among the ‘Obidient’ movement, the former senator referred to Obi’s social media popularity as euphoria. Melaye further compared Obi’s popularity to that of Gani Fawehinmi, the late human rights lawyer, who contested and lost the 2003 presidential election. "Gani Fawehinmi once ran for the president of this country. Facebook went agog, at the end of the day, he got 1,400 votes,” Melaye said. TheCable checked the veracity of the claim that Facebook went agog as a result of Gani Fawehinmi’s candidacy in the 2003 presidential election, and if he truly gathered one thousand, four hundred votes only. An internet search revealed that Facebook, now Meta was founded in February 2004. The social network platform was founded by Mark Zuckerberg while he was a student at Harvard University. With nearly three billion users as of 2021, Facebook is the largest social network in the world. According to ElectionGuide, an online platform with a comprehensive database for elections across the world, Fawehinmi scored 161,333 votes in the 2003 presidential election, while the eventual winner, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, polled 24,456,140 votes. Verdict Both claims are false. Facebook was founded in 2004 and the only presidential election Gani Fawehinmi contested in was that of 2003, where he had 161,300 votes. 1 Like
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Re: FACT CHECK: Did Dino Melaye Get His Facts Right About Gani Fawehinmi’s 2003 Vote by PandoraObi: 12:54pm On Aug 14, 2022 |
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Re: FACT CHECK: Did Dino Melaye Get His Facts Right About Gani Fawehinmi’s 2003 Vote by Quest7777: 12:57pm On Aug 14, 2022 |
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Re: FACT CHECK: Did Dino Melaye Get His Facts Right About Gani Fawehinmi’s 2003 Vote by Abdul05: 12:57pm On Aug 14, 2022 |
This one na obi brother |
Re: FACT CHECK: Did Dino Melaye Get His Facts Right About Gani Fawehinmi’s 2003 Vote by Totilopussylick(m): 12:59pm On Aug 14, 2022 |
Dino is a baby Daddy |
Re: FACT CHECK: Did Dino Melaye Get His Facts Right About Gani Fawehinmi’s 2003 Vote by olisaEze(m): 1:01pm On Aug 14, 2022 |
That he is a former Senator doesn’t mean he’s still doesn't reason like a beer parlor analyst. If not that Keyamo has already promised to help his musicomedy career, OBIdients for don contribute money buy ring light give am to appreciate the way he has been selling Obi’s candidature more than Atiku’s! ![]() |
Re: FACT CHECK: Did Dino Melaye Get His Facts Right About Gani Fawehinmi’s 2003 Vote by lonecatt(m): 1:03pm On Aug 14, 2022 |
Dino is a paid agent and marketer, only the ingnorant takes him serious |
Re: FACT CHECK: Did Dino Melaye Get His Facts Right About Gani Fawehinmi’s 2003 Vote by Nobody: 1:03pm On Aug 14, 2022 |
Is it so difficult to shut up, if u don't have ur fact with you, why will u open ur mouth and spill thrash.. Some politicians need serious OT o... |
Re: FACT CHECK: Did Dino Melaye Get His Facts Right About Gani Fawehinmi’s 2003 Vote by donaldking100: 1:20pm On Aug 14, 2022 |
My name is Donald, and i am contesting to be President. I'm contesting to be President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria through Peter Obi. If Peter is on the ballot, it is you and i that is on the ballot. May we not Labour in Vain. |
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