A Fact Check report by the Centre for Democracy and
Development has countered the claim by the Director of Strategic Communication
of the All Progressives Congress, Dele Alake, that the viral “Balablu” video attributed to the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu, was doctored.
The report countered Alake with facts that proved that
Tinubu indeed made the remark in Owerri, the Imo State capital while speaking
with a group of businessmen on his plans to promote the country’s economy for
businesses to thrive.
The CDD confirmed that their platform was alerted to do the
Fact Check after Alake posted a video on Twitter with the caption “Lies Alert”.
“Alake says that ‘Bala Blu Bulaba’ was doctored. The video
has been seen by over 70,000 people in 24 hours.”
The CDD noted that its Election War Room checked Television
Continental, a media house where Tinubu is a promoter and financial investor,
and found that its live stream of the event captures the gaffe.
“The 33 minutes and 44 seconds-long video clip of the APC
Town Hall meeting with the private sector can be found here on the TVC news
YouTube channel,” it added.
The report read that Alake’s claim was false because the
actual event took place in Imo State and shortly after the opening remark,
about three minutes and 40 seconds into the video, Tinubu made the gaffe.
Alake had appeared on Nigerian Info, 99.3 FM in Abuja to
dispel the authenticity of the video on Thursday, February 9, 2023.
While answering questions on his principal, Alake said one
of the “famous gaffes” where Tinubu said, “a town hall different from balablu
blublu bulaba,” was manipulated.
“No! That again is not true, it was doctored, I am telling
you it was doctored because we showed the real original video clip on TVC.”
He added that the real video was “broken into snippets and
thrown on social media”.
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