BUSTED: Online Jobbers Post Fake Pictures of AirForce Raid On Calabar Waterways
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Posted On Jun 24, 2015
Some times last week, The Nigerian Airforce undertook a military expedition to flush out criminals on the Cross River/Akwa Ibom waterways.
The exercise, which Daily Trust report was ordered by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu, followed frequent attacks on vessels, police stations, seafarers including market women by gunmen suspected to be pirates and militants on the Calabar waterways.
Reporting this development however, several online news platforms reported that the exercise was ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari and that the exercise was conducted in Calabar, the capital of Rivers State leading to the death of several civilians many of them children.
To further their cause, some persons took to twitter to circulate alleged pictures of the bombing exercise including pictures of civilians killed.
However, another twitter user which goes by the handle @Jag_bros was quick to detect that those pictures were not only fake, but meant to paint a picture of what never happened.
His investigation revealed that some of the pictures were taken in Kaduna and Delta between 2005 and 2012.
Before this however, some persons on Nairaland came out to deny that the raid was carried ut in Calabar as alleged.
“I stay in Calabar and nothing like air raids were carried out anywhere around the city…It’s raids on militant camps at marina,” patrickmuf on Nairaland said.
Ishilove also wrote: Some people will just sit behind their computers to concoct evil. Throughout last week they were spamming the section with alleged pictures of the bombing and crying blue murder, even after the inhabitants of Calabar came online to state that there was nothing like that happening. One even alleged that the people of Calabar were being napalmed.
Below are the tweets by @Jag_bros showing the pictures alleged to be from Calabar and the original locations of the pictures and their sources where necessary.
First Picture they used as Cross River/Biafra Bombings Its 2005 picture snapped by @Reuters ..Got it from a 2011 link pic.twitter.com/6RoOsfUeRH
— JAG Baba (@jag_bros) June 24, 2015
2nd Pic. they used as Cross Rivers/Biafra bombings A 2012 Article abt a child dat suffered ‘incendiary Bomb’ in Sudan pic.twitter.com/1Zl1gSEHAl
— JAG Baba (@jag_bros) June 24, 2015
The 3rd pic they used as Cross River/Biafra bombings … Its a picture from Killings in Jema’a LGA Kaduna State .. pic.twitter.com/FvmYaNSvdl
— JAG Baba (@jag_bros) June 24, 2015
INCASE YOU MISSED IT .. ALL the pictures being spread by GEJites as Cross Rivers Bombings are LIES .. #Peace pic.twitter.com/HMgmAXcrZi
— JAG Baba (@jag_bros) June 24, 2015
