By Evans Isohe
The photo is from Oyo State, Nigeria.
This tweet with a photo allegedly showing a decomposing body found in Thika, Kiambu County, Kenya is FALSE.
The tweet claims that the photo showed the remains of a lady who had reportedly been found in Thika 9 months after she died.
The photo was shared alongside a screen grab of the lady’s story in the Standard newspaper.
By performing a Google reverse image search, Mtaani Radio established that the photo is from Oyo State in Nigeria.
The Star Nigeria and The Conclave published the photo on 9 September 2022 and indicated that the image was of the remains of a man named Aderemi Abiola, who was found years after his death.
A Google search for Aderemi Abiola led us to articles by The BBC, Vanguard News and The Guardian, all reporting about the decomposing body found in September, 2022.
Mtaani Radio looked into a tweet with a photo allegedly showing a decomposing body found in Thika, Kiambu County, Kenya and found it to be FALSE.
This fact-check was published by Mtaani Radio with support from Code for Africa’s PesaCheck and African Fact-Checking Alliance.
