By Rita Enemuru, Award-Winning Fact-Checker, Reporting
ON Wednesday, 04 February 2026, a faceless YouTube channel, Mediahub Tales TV, published a video claiming that the Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, recently escaped death during an attack by gunmen in which five police officers were allegedly killed.
The false claim video below👇
The video was titled: “Soludo Escaped Death Yesterday as Group of Gunmen Attack and Kill Five Policemen.”
Screenshots of the fake video
According to the narrator, Governor Soludo’s convoy was ambushed while travelling at night after leaving the Anambra State Government House. The video alleged that gunshots erupted from multiple directions during the journey, resulting in the death of five members of the governor’s security detail.
Verification
Checks conducted by Stonix News show that the claim is false.
A careful review of the video revealed that the clips used were merely random footage of moving vehicles, Governor Soludo at public events, and his entourage, with no visual evidence of an attack or gunmen.
Further investigation into Mediahub Tales TV’s content showed a consistent pattern of using dramatic narration and recycled footages to exaggerate incidents and, in some cases, fabricate events that never occurred.
In addition, a comprehensive Google search for reports on the alleged incident found no credible coverage by major Nigerian or international news outlets. The only related reports found were past incidents involving attacks on the governor, which occurred in 2021 and 2022, not recently.
Dr Law Mefor
In a phone call with the Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Dr Law Mefor debunked the claim saying that the video was trash and totally fake.
According to him, Governor Soludo was at the Southeast Development Commission’s Vision 2050 planning forum where he delivered a paper in Enugu State.
In addition, Dr Mefor replied through a WhatsApp message that the video was AI generated with a video of the governor in Enugu State.
Furthermore, Stonix News came across the post on the event made on the official X page of the governor confirming that the governor was not attacked as the YouTube video claimed.
Verdict
The claim that Governor Soludo was recently attacked by gunmen and lost five police officers is false and misleading. There is no credible evidence to support the allegation, and the video relied on deceptive narration and unrelated footage to misinform the public.
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