One Facebook user claim sey Nigeria revenge against di recent United States visa restriction by stopping one alleged mineral deal between di two kontris.
For di 21-minute video wey dem post on July 2, Dabreezy Comedy, one Facebook account, claim sey Nigeria do US back by blocking di deal wey involve di said mineral.
Di video don gada 102k views, 3.3k likes, and 265 comments.
Di clip begin wit one small part from Firstpost Africa, one news outlet wey dey Durban, South Africa.
Firstpost Africa claim to bring stories from across di world through di eyes of Africa.
For di first few seconds, Alyson le Grange, di news anchor, bin dey present one report wit di headline: Nigeria warn sey di US fit lose access to African minerals.
Di rest of di video bin dey accompanied by one man voice, wey claim sey Nigeria scrap di minerals deal with di US sake of di visa restrictions.
Di man voice bin sound like artificially intelligent (AI) generated tone.
WETIN HAPUN BEFORE
On June 4, US President Donald Trump sign one executive order wey knack full travel ban ontop nationals of 12 kontris.
Nationals from seven oda kontris bin collect partial travel restrictions to di US.
On June 18, one leaked US state department internal memo show sey Trump bin dey consider knack anoda travel ban ontop plenti kontris, mostly from Africa, including Nigeria.
Yusuf Tuggar, Nigerian minister of foreign affairs, toc sey di decision go dey unfortunate because West Africa dey ready to do deals wit di US.
On July 8, di US announce di visa restrictions ontop Nigeria and oda kontris.
Di US bin first tok sey di decision na becos Nigeria no dey return dia visa reciprocity, but TheCable report sey na becos Nigeria no gree collect asylum seekers from di US naim folo cause di visa restrictions.
Later, di US come tok sey di decision na sake of security concerns.
WETIN WE CHECK
In response, Nigeria tok sey di decision wey di US take no resemble di principles of reciprocity, equity, and mutual respect wey suppose guide bilateral engagements between friendly nations.
Di foreign ministry urge di US to reconsider im decision in di spirit of partnership, cooperation, and shared global responsibilities.
Separately, Tuggar tok dem dey engage wit di US to clarify di issue.
Howeva, im tok sey di US bin dey pressure some kontris to receive Venezuelan deportees — some of dem be prisoners — and im stress sey Nigeria no go be dumping ground for undocumented migrants.
Keyword search of di alleged mineral deal between di US and Nigeria no produce results.
Tuggar, di foreign ministry, di office of di president, or di US embassy sey neva tok about any alleged mineral deal wey don block.
As dis kain matter dey hapun, e for dey public.
FINAL TOK
Evidence no dey to support di claim wey tok sey Nigeria stop mineral deal with di US as revenge against di imposed visa restrictions.
