Photos in the post show voting forms and storage boxes lying on the floor.
One of the images also appeared in another message via the same X account. This time the disruption is said to have occurred in northern Edo.
“BREAKING: They wrote results in Edo North and the people of Edo North rejected the election results,” reads the post which has been shared more than 300 times.
Both posts were published by “Peter Obi Grassroots Mobilization,” an X account that shares political content and has more than 450,000 followers.
However, the images are old.
Recycled images
By performing a reverse image searchAFP Fact Check revealed that all footage was taken during elections in Nigeria in 2019 and 2023.
The first photo, showing two women among scattered ballot papers and ballot boxes, was published by Nigerian Eye on its website liveblog during the 2019 presidential election (archived here).
Nigerian Eye reported that the incident occurred in Ogori-Magongo in Kogi State where hoodlums destroyed ballots.
The BBC published the second photo as part of the 2019 election coverage, stating that it showed an incident that took place in Isolo, Lagos State (archived here).
The third photo, which shows people on the street with ballot boxes and ballot papers scattered on the ground, was published on X by Sahara Reporters on February 25, 2023, during the presidential elections (archived here).
AFP Fact Check has debunked numerous claims during the 2023 Nigerian presidential election here.
