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Tell Them the Video Was Doctored

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You posted the governor's speech uncut at 3:14 p.m. At midnight his press secretary wants you to call it doctored.

Synopsis

At 3:14 p.m. Tomi Balogun, new media aide to the Governor of Ikoro State, posts his full flyover speech from @IkoroGovHouse. He compares petrol prices in London, says "here we are enjoying," and explains the economy with a danfo conductor who only gives change at the bus stop. By 11:47 p.m. the clip has 2.1 million views. Dayo Martins, the Chief Press Secretary who approved her caption and once walked her to her car in silence after the inauguration party, wants the post deleted. In its place goes a statement blaming a "doctored video" on opposition bloggers. The governor sends a voice note from the group chat: he said managing, not enjoying. And IkoroGistLord, 318K followers, has already screenshotted the original upload with its time. The official account is logged in on Tomi's laptop. Inspired by: Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo said on 24 September 2026 that petrol costs about N3,000 a litre in the UK after conversion and that "we are doing very well here" (Punch, 24 September 2026, https://punchng.com/petrol-costs-over-n3000-litre-in-uk-nigerians-are-enjoying-okpebholo/). Every character, state, post and account in this story is invented.

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