Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party has topped the list of presidential candidates with highest claims check and proved to be factual, according to FactCheckHub
Since political parties’ primaries ended around mid-year, presidential candidates have kicked off their nationwide campaign activities, making several claims ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections.
This was after the nation’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), lifted the ban on political campaign for the 2023 general elections in September 2022.
This pre-election year is a critical moment in Nigeria’s current electoral cycle.
In the run-up to the election year, The FactCheckHub has since been on the lookout for potential claims from all the candidates, including presidential, governorship, federal and state lawmakers etc that may influence the outcome of the electioneering process.
That has led to fact-checking several claims made by some of the presidential candidates on different occasions.
According to the hub, the presidential candidates that have been fact-checked in the build-up to the 2023 polls include Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Others are Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress (AAC), Kola Abiola of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Adewole Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Peter Umeadi of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).
Aside from granting press interviews, the presidential candidates have taken part in presidential town hall series being air