Claim: People from northern Nigeria are being attacked in the south
Source: Facebook and WhatsApp
Verdict: False
Researched by FactSpace Newsroom
A one-minute and forty-nine seconds viral video published on Facebook by an influencer, Sheriff Almuhajir, claimed women from northern Nigeria were being assaulted by an unidentified man in the country’s largely Christian south.
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The video, which was captioned in the Hausa language, showed a number of women who appeared to be beggars by a roadside, being chased and continuously whipped by a man as they scampered for their safety.
The influencer supported the video with an audio narration, a partial translation of his narration from Hausa to English, reads: “I am disheartened watching this video, it is a challenge to us, northerners, Muslims. Our women with children from the north are being subjected to this kind of assault because they go to beg in the south.”
The same video has been widely shared on WhatsApp with the “Forwarded many times” label.
This report will fact-check the claim
Fact-check
The video published on Facebook and shared on WhatsApp, claiming beggars from northern Nigeria were whipped by a man in southern Nigeria, is a video taken in Ghana, not Nigeria, as claimed.
Checks by FactSpace West Africa revealed that the incident in the video happened at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle interchange in Accra, Ghana.
FactSpace West Africa traced the incident to an October 29, 2025 publication by GhanaWeb, which reported on the video, citing posts on social media.
An analysis of keyframes shows concrete clues that the video was captured in Ghana, with evidence of known landmarks around the overpass at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra.
- Frame 1 shows an election poster by Samuel Apea-Danquah, an independent candidate in Ghana’s 2024 presidential race.
- Frame 2 shows a signboard with mobile network numbers unique to Ghana. 055 (MTN Ghana) and 020 (Telecel Ghana).
- Frame 3 also showed a passing vehicle with an AirtelTigo (0277) number on it.
Two other cues were a major building within the catchment area, the GCB Bank Towers, and a signpost that, by our analysis, read Okaikoi South Sub Metro. Our checks on the official website of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly showed that the Nkrumah Circle area falls under this particular sub-metro.
The widely circulated video showing women beggars being whipped by a man originated from Ghana, not Nigeria, as claimed by Facebook and WhatsApp posts.
Verdict
Therefore, the claim that the video was captured in Nigeria is False.
