There was no evidence that Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria’s minister of Transportation and the Director-General of the APC presidential campaign organisation was arrested by the police last Wednesday on allegations of corruption, a fact-check report by CrossCheck Nigeria has shown.
The report stated that he was in fact at the presidential campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto and Kebbi states on January 23.
Amaechi was claimed to have been arrested by the police on Wednesday, January 23 on allegations of corruption.
CrossCheck Nigeria confirms that Amaechi was not arrested and that he was at the presidential rally of President Buhari in both Sokoto and Kebbi states yesterday, January 23.
Posted on January 23, at about 06:52 am by AIT News Nigeria, a Facebook page, the post had garnered 488 likes, 571 comments, and 1,029 shares as at 6:02 pm, January 24. Also, Happenings in Nigeria, another Facebook page, shared yesterday at 11:55 am. It has traction of 101 likes and 157 shares as at 6:03 pm, January 24.
To verify this, CrossCheck Nigeria tracked the minister’s public appearance on the presidential campaign train of the APC held in Sokoto and Kebbi on January 23.
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report confirmed that the APC campaign DG was in attendance. Live coverage of the event by the NTA also showed Amaechi addressing the crowd at the rallies.
The police, through the Rivers state commissioner, debunked the claimed and urged the general public to disregard it. (CROSSCHECK NIGERIA)
