{"id":48278,"date":"2024-05-09T18:34:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T18:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=48278"},"modified":"2024-05-09T17:43:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:43:27","slug":"old-video-shows-attack-on-botswana-ministers-car-not-a-robbery-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/old-video-shows-attack-on-botswana-ministers-car-not-a-robbery-in-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"Old video shows attack on Botswana minister\u2019s car, not a robbery in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>As Abuja experienced an upsurge in violent crimes in recent months, a social media account claimed that a video showed a robbery at a traffic stop in Nigeria’s capital city. But the claim is false: AFP Fact Check found that the video had been online since February 2022 and was of an attack on Botswana\u2019s health minister Edwin Dikoloti.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThis happened at a traffic light somewhere in Abuja,\u201d reads a Facebook post published on April 26, 2024.Viewed more than 400,000 times, the post features a 55-second video that shows five men emerging from a roadside thicket at night to attack cars waiting in traffic. One of the cars was a red four-door sedan while another looked like a dark-coloured SUV.<\/p>\n

The video has been linked to other countries, including South Africa, where it was published on X on April 22, 2024.<\/p>\n

Both claims, however, are false.<\/p>\n

Old video from Botswana<\/p>\n

To verify the claim, AFP Fact Check took a screenshot of the clip in the posts and carried out a reverse image search.<\/p>\n

We found that a Botswanan news outlet, Mmegi Online, published a longer version of the video on its YouTube channel on February 11, 2022 (archived here).<\/p>\n

The caption explained that the video showed \u201cthugs in Gaborone\u201d attacking \u201cmotorists\u201d.<\/p>\n

In an article published on its website days later, the outlet reported that Botswana\u2019s health minister Edwin Dikoloti was among those whose car was targeted by the thieves (archived here).<\/p>\n

Botswana\u2019s health ministry confirmed the attack in a Facebook post on February 13, 2022 (archived here). It said Dikoloti was \u201cstable and doing all his normal duties as always\u201d.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Nigeria changed to right-hand driving in 1972, but the cars in the clip appear to be on the left side of the road, which is the correct driving lane in Botswana (archived here).<\/p>\n

Violent crimes in Abuja<\/p>\n

Abuja has seen an uptick in violent crimes, including kidnapping and robbery, since the beginning of the year (archived here).<\/p>\n

A local newspaper reported that residents blocked a major highway to protest rising cases of kidnapping (archived here).<\/p>\n

The report also blamed a shortage of bus parks and the proliferation of unlicensed taxis for the rise in highway robberies.<\/p>\n

Another local newspaper reported on May 8, 2024, that about 13 villagers just outside the city were kidnapped days earlier after a short lull in criminal activity (archived here).<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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