By Oluwaseye Ogunsanya
Claim
A Twitter user #Phoenix @O_basslet tweeted a video claiming that there was a case of ballot snatching at ward 12 unit 5 Ifelodun LGA in the ongoing osun election.
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Ifelodun ward 12 unit 5
APC thugs has cart away ballot box@inecnigeria pic.twitter.com/NZ9UvWbYj2
— #Phoenix (@O_basslet) July 16, 2022
A Twitter user #Phoenix @O_basslet tweeted a video claiming that there was a case of ballot snatching at ward 12 unit 5 of Ifelodun LGA.
The video has garnered 208 comments, 710 retweets and over 1k likes as at the time of writing this report.
Popular singer, Davido was also among those who retweeted the video.
The Osun State gubernatorial election is currently ongoing and results have been tricking in some polling units.
Verdict
The claim is misleading. It was a fight between two party agents and the security agents have curtailed it.
Verification
FactCheckElections put a call through to Wasiu Adebiyi, one of its volunteer in Ifelodun LGA and the state coordinator of Yiaga.
According to him, the video is misleading as there was no case of ballot snatching. He identified the said place as a newly created polling unit in ward. He said there was a fight between two party agents and the security agents have curtailed it.