A post published on Facebook in
Otedola is a Nigerian business executive, philanthropist and former chairperson of
The Facebook post reads: "Breaking News: hours after declaring support for Tinubu, US declared Femi Otedola wanted in the US for tax fraud."
The post includes two photos and a link which promises: "Details here."
The link takes you to a non-secure HTTP site called "World of News", but not to an article about the claim at hand.
Has the US really announced Otedola is wanted in the country for tax fraud? We investigated.
Unrelated photos
A reverse image search revealed that the first photo, of a middle-aged white man in glasses surrounded by a group of people, is of
We established that the photo of Schumer was published in
The second photo shows Otedola with All
Otedola posted the same photo of himself with Tinubu on Instagram on
'No evidence'
There are no details in the Facebook post of when Otedola was declared wanted by the US for tax fraud. The lack of such detail is often a red flag that something on social media is fabricated.
There have also been no reports in the mainstream media of the US government saying any such thing, which would be expected if it were true.
Otedola hasn't made any statement like it on his verified Instagram account where he regularly posts about his life and career.
We also found no records related to Otedola at the tax division of the US justice department, treasury department or the country's
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