An altered TikTok video falsely claims President Tinubu plans to abolish naira and introduce dollar as the country's local currency. Photo credits: KOLA SULAIMON/AFP, LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP
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Tinubu plans to ditch naira for dollar?
A video recently posted on TikTok shows Arise News anchor Ojy Okpe introducing President Bola Tinubu, who says:
The video went viral on the video-based social media platform with almost 10,000 shares and over 2,000 comments at the time of filing this report.
A huge number of those who saw the video believed it was authentic. A TikTok user, @erichbest, said:
"This man is gradually planning to sell this country."
However, there are others who stated that the video was manipulated.
Is the the video authentic?
Legit checked the Arise News's recognised digital platforms, website, YouTube and Twitter and found no video of the president making the statement.
Legit also found no statement made by the president regarding the alleged plan to ditch Naira for dollar.
Further scrutinising the video, one could notice that Okpe and President Tinubu's lip movements do not sync with what was heard from them.
This strongly suggests that the video has been altered.
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