No, the photo shared with Kenya’s first lady, Rachel Ruto, is not of Nigeria’s first lady, but of Nollywood actress Gbonkan.

Claim

Images comparing Nigeria’s and Kenya’s first ladies

Rating Justification

The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and
established that it is Misleading.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We conducted a reverse image search on the lady in the first photo and found an article published on March 13, 2020 by P.M. News, a daily newspaper published in Lagos, Nigeria, stating that she, Iya Gbonkan, is a Nollywood veteran.

Evidence and References

Article on Nollywood veterans Patience Ozokwor and Iya Gbonkan

Methodology

True

The claim is rigorous and the content is demonstrably true.

Half True

The statement is correct, although it needs clarification additional information or context.

Unproven

Evidence publicly available neither proves nor disproves the claim. More research is needed.

Misleading

The statement contains correct data, but ignores very important elements or is mixed with incorrect data giving a different, inaccurate or false impression.

False

The claim is inaccurate according to the best evidence publicly available at this time.

Retraction

Upon further investigation of the claim, a different conclusion was determined leading to the removal of the initial determination.

Toxic

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