Trending video shows purported APC campaign bus throwing bread, rice to hungry Nigerians in Abuja
By OUR REPORTER
The footage, which is trending online, shows a crowd of people running after a moving campaign bus as food items are reportedly thrown towards them.
A video and photographs purportedly showing hungry Nigerians scrambling for bread and rice reportedly thrown from an All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign bus in Abuja have sparked reactions on social media.
The footage, which is trending online, shows a crowd of people running after a moving campaign bus as food items are reportedly thrown towards them.
The development was highlighted by a verified X account, @TrendingEx, also known as Trending Explained, which introduced the footage with the caption: “Trending Video: Poor and hungry Nigerians run after an APC campaign bus throwing out bread and rice at them in Abuja.”
The images and video have generated discussions online, with reactions focusing on the condition of Nigerians depicted in the footage and the political use of food distribution during the campaign season.
The circumstances surrounding the video, including the identity of the individuals involved, the exact location in Abuja and the occasion during which the food items were distributed, were not independently established in the material provided.
The footage comes as political parties and politicians intensify preparations and campaign activities ahead of the 2027 general elections.
While (@TrendingEx) is said to be a source, whose information can be trusted, The DEFENDER reports that its post cannot be treated as a primary or fully authoritative news source because it is not journalism but a platform that gives explanation to happenings depending on other sources.
Our checks, trying to verify the credibility of the source, revealed that it is a trend/explanation account, not a conventional newsroom and that its stated purpose is to explain trending subjects rather than conduct original journalism.
The X account is also fact-checked to be a large, established Nigerian trend-curation account, describing itself as a platform that explains why topics are trending. It has roughly 170,000 followers and more than 34,000 posts, and has been operating since around 2021/2023.
As at the time of filing this report,the specific APC campaign bus involved in the trending video and photographs were being investigated by The DEFENDER as many Nigerian commentators on the matter agreed that it does not speak well about the image of Nigeria.
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