By Nigerian Fact-checkers’ Coalition
As Nigerians await the result of Saturday’s Anambra State 2025 Governorship Election, The Continental, alongside members of the Nigerian Fact-checkers’ Coalition (NFC), will monitor and verify claims related to polling unit and ward results, INEC’s declaration of the winner, and related post-election events.
Our team of journalists, researchers, fact-checkers, social media monitors, editors, and OSINT experts are on ground at the Nigerian Fact-checkers’ Coalition’s (NFC) Election Situation Rooms located in Lagos and Abuja, to debunk election-related misinformation and disinformation content targeted at inciting violence or influencing the outcome of governorship poll.
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CLAIM 1
CLAIM: An X user, @whitenigerian, claimed the final result of the 2025 Anambra election has been released, with APGA getting 72.5% of the votes, APC 17.4%, LP 2%, and PDP 0.2%
THE FINDINGS: As of 7:10 AM, the NFC checked the INEC Election Result Viewer (IReV) and noticed that only 99.33% of the results have been collated. Moreover, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has not announced the final results of the election. Furthermore, the NFC contacted Amina Miango, an election observer from the Centre for Journalism, Innovation and Development (CJID), who stated that there has yet to be an official announcement from INEC. Besides, no reputable news outlet has reported the announcement of any Anambra election result.
VERDICT: INCORRECT
SOURCES: IReV portal, CJID election observer
CLAIM 2
CLAIM: The African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition posted some photos of collation sheets on its X account, claiming the results were fake to discredit the coalition.
THE FINDINGS: A comparison between the photos uploaded by the user and those available on the INEC IReV portal for polling units 005 Amadim V Square I (Achalla III LGA), 010 UGA B.S.S I (Aguata LGA), 039 Obosi Central School III, and 014 Obosi Central School I (both in Idemili North LGA) shows that the results are identical, accurate, and were not manipulated, contrary to the ADC coalition’s claim.
VERDICT: MISLEADING
SOURCE: INEC IREV Portal
CLAIM 3
CLAIM: A Facebook user claimed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) only got 1,401 votes in the Anambra election as of Sunday, November 9.
THE FINDINGS: Mainstream media reports the total figure for PDP in the election as 1,401. Meanwhile, INEC has declared Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as the winner of the election after polling a total of 422,664 votes, while the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 99,445 votes.
VERDICT: CORRECT
SOURCES: TVC News, Punch Newspaper
CLAIM 4
CLAIM: The ADC coalition shared an image of a Ghana-Must-Go bag stuffed with money on X (archived here) as evidence of “collusion everywhere” in the election; that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) “turned the process into a heist and pushed out the coalition.”
THE FINDINGS: A reverse image check reveals that the image of the “Ghana Must Go” bag shared by ADC is unrelated to the just-concluded election. The image is from 2019, when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seized cash during a patrol against vote-buying in Makurdi, Benue State. Although there have been reports of vote buying, Premium Times and Sahara TV posted the exact picture on Mar. 9, 2019.
VERDICT: MISLEADING
SOURCES: Premium Times, Sahara TV
CLAIM 5
CLAIM: An X (archived here) user claimed that Charles Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), won the Anambra governorship election with 361,893 votes.
THE FINDINGS: The official results, as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), show that Soludo polled 422,664 votes, not 361,893 votes as claimed. Multiple media reports, from Premium Times and The Cable, confirm the announced figure.
VERDICT: INCORRECT
SOURCES: News Central, Premium Times, The Cable
CLAIM 6
CLAIM: A social media post on X alleges that there were no result sheets at Ihiala Amuma Ward 013 in the just-concluded Anambra gubernatorial race.
THE FINDINGS: An election observer, Chimezie Nebolisa, from the Centre for Journalism, Innovation and Development (CJID) said that the polling unit had result sheets but they arrived late. Additionally, a Premium Times reporter Chinagorom Ugwu told NFC that there was no such report. Finally, a check on INEC IREV shows a breakdown of results in the polling unit.
VERDICT: INCORRECT
SOURCES: Premium Times reporter, CJID election observer, INEC
*This fact-check report was jointly researched and written by members of the Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition (NFC).
