Fact emerges as social media post claims INEC chairman's son "run mad" in Saudi Arabia

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NigeriaDNA
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  • Unsubstantiated claims on social media targeted the family of Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of INEC, following Nigeria’s 2023 general elections
  • One of the claims on social media alleged that Yakubu’s son went mad in Saudi Arabia due to drug and alcohol abuse
  • However, Africa Check investigated the claim and found out there was no evidence to support it, adding that Yakubu’s spokesperson labelled it as “fake news”

Following the conduct of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the family of Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has become a target of unsubstantiated claims on social media.

A Facebook post circulating in Nigeria in May 2023 alleged that Yakubu’s son ran mad in Saudi Arabia.

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