Festus Keyamo, a senior lawyer and spokesman for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council has been called out for circulating photos from a festival in the U.S state of Chicago,and passing it as supporters who trooped out for Bola Tinubu’s campaign rally in Sokoto on Thursday, February 9.
Keyamo, who is also Nigeria’s Minister of Labour, had shared the photos with the caption “More pictures from the mother of all rallies in Sokoto! The signs are all there for all to see! But they are playing! Make dem dey play!! In about a fortnight, the jungle will mature!!”
However, a quick Google reverse image search revealed that the photos were from a music festival which took place in Chicago in 2021. The photos went viral at the time for a massive violation of the COVID-19 protocols as many people gathered without protective measures at the peak of the pandemic. Here are tweets from some Twitter users calling Keyamo out over the misrepresentation;
In an attempt to mask APC’s rejected & disgraceful outing in Sokoto, a senior advocate of Nigeria is tweeted fake pictures from Lollapalooza music festival that took place in Chicago, USA in 2021. Jungle has matured! pic.twitter.com/7dd6YsvOwc — Chudé (@chude__) February 9, 2023 Festus Keyamo steals photos of Chicago festival to boost Tinubu’s Sokoto rally Festus is known for doing such, he has a reputation for stealing pictures, all in a bid to propagate his propaganda. pic.twitter.com/BJyYf6ln2H — Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) February 10, 2023 Nigeria Bar Association should immediately withdraw the title SAN from you. You are a big disgrace sir! pic.twitter.com/ddcTNi31g2 — Victor KB (@kaybalalive) February 9, 2023 This is the fake picture @fkeyamo and @abikedabiri posted as APC’s campaign rally in Sokoto 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Jungle don finally mature! https://t.co/x6HVtO1hJQ — Chudé (@chude__) February 9, 2023
