• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
    • Government
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • Mohammed Idris Malagi, Honorable Minister of Information and National Orientation

      FG Reaffirms Non-Interference in ICPC, EFCC Operations

      ICPC Secures Conviction of Rector for Running Unaccredited Degree Programmes

      Engr Abba Babagana Dalori

      Engr Dalori Forfeits Galaxy Hospital, Petrol Station, Properties & Cash

      Chinese nationals jailed in Lagos

      Court Jails Nine Chinese Nationals for Cybercrime in Lagos

      ASUU

      Tackle Corruption, Institutional Decay – ASUU Charges FG

  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
    • Customs, Defence Bureau Unveil Airboat for Smuggling War

      Customs Begins Live Operations of Automated Excise Register System

      Still on the “National Single Window” Project By Abdulsalam Mahmud

      Minister of Finance Wale Edun and the Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adeniyi decorating OP Olaniyan

      Customs Generates N3.7trn in H1 2025 as FG Targets Enhanced Private…

      Customs Gets 4 New Deputy Comptrollers-General, 12 ACGs, Promotes 3,312 Officers

  • National
    • Customs Board Approves $300 Duty-Free Limit for Imports to Boost Commerce

      ICPC, State Information Chiefs Forge New Alliance to Combat Grassroots Corruption

      ARASE! I Will Forever Cherish your Kindness and Love -Good Night…

      Founder Image Merchant Promotion Ltd, Yushau Shuaib, Nigeria Customs CG, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and the IPRA representative during the 2024 GWA awards in Belgrade, Serbia

      Again, ​IPRA Shortlists Nigeria Customs, IMPR for Golden World Awards, Celebrates…

      Army Neutralize Notorious Bandit Leader, Others, Rescue Victims, Recover Weapons in…

    • Government
      • ICPC, State Information Chiefs Forge New Alliance to Combat Grassroots Corruption

        Shettima Condemns Borno Attack, Assures Perpetrators Won’t Escape Justice

        ​DSS Demands Retraction, Apology from Sowore Over Comments on Tinubu

        JUST IN: NNPP Expels Reps Member Abdulmumin Jibrin Days After Visiting…

        Ganduje: A Lifetime of Service Beyond Politics By Garba Yusuf Abubakar

  • Security
    • CP Ajao Saka Adewale

      FCT Police Warn Residents Against Bribing Traffic Officers

      Customs Board Approves $300 Duty-Free Limit for Imports to Boost Commerce

      ​DSS Demands Retraction, Apology from Sowore Over Comments on Tinubu

      A Group of Terrorists/Bandits

      Borno Village Attack Leaves Dozens Dead, UN Condemns Violence

      NDLEA Logo

      NDLEA Busts Drug Cartel, Arrests Kingpins, Seizes N6.4bn Worth of Narcotics

  • Features
    • PRNigeria logo fearured image

      Recollecting a Media Dialogue on Words and Extremism in Abuja

      ARASE! I Will Forever Cherish your Kindness and Love -Good Night…

      The road accident scene

      Nigeria’s Deadly Roads and the Menace of Trailer Accidents, By…

      Ganduje: A Lifetime of Service Beyond Politics By Garba Yusuf Abubakar

      ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi

      DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi: The Spokesperson Who Redefined Police Communication

  • State
    • CP Ajao Saka Adewale

      FCT Police Warn Residents Against Bribing Traffic Officers

      A Group of Terrorists/Bandits

      Borno Village Attack Leaves Dozens Dead, UN Condemns Violence

      NDLEA Logo

      NDLEA Busts Drug Cartel, Arrests Kingpins, Seizes N6.4bn Worth of Narcotics

      PHOTOS: BUK Alumni Association Launches Digital Hub to Unite Global Graduates,…

      Military troops

      Army Neutralise Scores of Bandits as 8 Security Guards Killed in…

  • Event
    • PHOTOS: BUK Alumni Association Launches Digital Hub to Unite Global Graduates,…

      Founder Image Merchant Promotion Ltd, Yushau Shuaib, Nigeria Customs CG, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and the IPRA representative during the 2024 GWA awards in Belgrade, Serbia

      Again, ​IPRA Shortlists Nigeria Customs, IMPR for Golden World Awards, Celebrates…

      BUKAA Announces 2025 AGM at BUK New Campus: Join In-Person or…

      Vice President Kashim Shettima and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

      Shettima at 59: Tinubu Hails VP’s Loyalty, Commitment to Service

      Erasmus Ikhide damaged Vehicle and Dangote Cement Truck

      Erasmus Ikhide Narrowly Escapes Death in Collision with Dangote Truck

    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Home Fact-Check Fact-check: Were Guests Spraying Dollars and Naira at the Wedding of Danjuma...
  • Fact-Check

Fact-check: Were Guests Spraying Dollars and Naira at the Wedding of Danjuma Goje’s Daughter?

By
Zekeri Laruba Idakwo
-
October 29, 2024
The text accompanying the video footage reads in part: "Sen. Danjuma Goje's daughter's wedding party. Dollar and Naira competing on the floor. When the average Nigerian barely can have a meal in a day."

Fact-check: Were Guests Spraying Dollars and Naira at the Wedding of Danjuma Goje’s Daughter?

A video circulating online, especially on WhatsApp, claims that the wedding of Senator Danjuma Goje’s daughter turned into a festival of cash-spraying, with both foreign and local currencies covering the floor as the Senator gave his daughter, Fauziyya Danjuma Goje, in marriage.

The wedding Fatiha took place at the National Mosque in Abuja.

The text accompanying the video footage reads in part: “Sen. Danjuma Goje’s daughter’s wedding party. Dollar and Naira competing on the floor. When the average Nigerian barely can have a meal in a day.”

In the video footage, various currencies, including US dollars and Nigerian naira notes in different denominations are seen flying through the air, “raining” on the bride and landing on the floor.

This widely circulated video has triggered outrage online, with numerous reactions across social media platforms. Many have criticized the display as insensitive, especially in a time of economic hardship, and some are calling for Goje’s arrest by the EFCC for alleged naira abuse.

Danjuma Goje, a former Governor of Gombe State and current senator representing Gombe Central, has served in the National Assembly’s upper chamber since 2011.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stated in a February 2023 press release that, “For the avoidance of doubt, Section 21(3) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007 (As amended) stipulates that “spraying of, dancing or matching on the Naira or any note issued by the Bank during social occasions or otherwise howsoever shall constitute an abuse and defacing of the Naira or such note and shall be punished under the law by fines or imprisonment or both…’”

Additionally, Section 1(2)(c) of the law establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) designates it as Nigeria’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), responsible for coordinating efforts against money laundering and enforcing all economic and financial crimes in Nigeria, under which previous cases of naira abuse involving Bobrisky and Cubana Chief Priest were prosecuted.

Read Also:

  • FCT Police Warn Residents Against Bribing Traffic Officers
  • Customs Board Approves $300 Duty-Free Limit for Imports to Boost Commerce
  • NAF Establishes Forensic, Digital Crime Lab to Tackle Insecurity

To verify the accuracy of the claim, PRNigeria fact-checked the video by breaking it into keyframes and conducting a reverse image search, which revealed that the video began trending on TikTok on October 26, 2024, a day after Sen. Danjuma Goje’s daughter’s wedding.

Another video obtained by PRNigeria confirmed that Fauziyya Danjuma Goje and Aliyu Ahmed Abubakar tied the knot on Friday, October 25, at the National Mosque in Abuja, after Juma’at prayer. The wedding was attended by dignitaries, including President Bola Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and Senate President Godswill Akpabio, among others.

However, PRNigeria fact-check team discovered another video of the senator’s daughter and the bridegroom dancing at a wedding party, without currency notes being sprayed.

The team then sourced for publicly available and published images of Senator Goje’s daughter’s wedding and compared it with that of the video circulating online. 

Findings show a clear contrast. First, the ambience and docor of the environment were different with the former using more light and chandeliers that the latter. Similarly, Goje’s daughter wore a mix of dark and sky blue outfit with a skyblue head gear to match, while her groom wore a skyblue “agbada” and a mix of sky and dark blue cap. In contrast the other couples in the video wore wore white and golden as the groom adorned a turban with golden rings around it. 

Further inquest revealed that the family of the bride has denied allegations of money spraying at Fauziyya’s wedding ceremony, describing the claim as a malicious attempt to tarnish their image.

According to Muhammad Yayari, Media Aide to the senator, the wedding held on October 25, 2024, at the Central Mosque in Abuja, was attended by prominent dignitaries. 

The family has reiterated that the bride and groom in the viral video are not Fauziyya and her husband, stressing that there are no familiar faces in the video, indicating that it is unrelated to them.

Conclusion: Findings by PRNigeria reveals that there are distinct identities in the two videos especially with regards to decor, facial features and outfits. 

PRNigeria therefore concludes that the claim that Senator Danjuma Goje’s daughter’s wedding was turned into a cash-spraying festival, with money littering the floor, is false.

By PRNigeria 

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • Ahmed Bola Tinubu
  • atiku abubakar
  • Danjuma Goje
  • Fauziya Danjuma Goje
Previous articleShambolic Local Elections: Are Governors Setting ‘Standard’ for Tinubu’s 2027 Re-Election Strategy? By YAShuaib
Next articleNASRDA Boss Commends NIPR on Professionalism
Zekeri Laruba Idakwo
Zekeri Laruba Idakwo

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

NAF Establishes Forensic, Digital Crime Lab to Tackle Insecurity

​DSS Demands Retraction, Apology from Sowore Over Comments on Tinubu

A Group of Terrorists/Bandits

Borno Village Attack Leaves Dozens Dead, UN Condemns Violence

PHOTOS: BUK Alumni Association Launches Digital Hub to Unite Global Graduates, Drive University Development

Founder Image Merchant Promotion Ltd, Yushau Shuaib, Nigeria Customs CG, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and the IPRA representative during the 2024 GWA awards in Belgrade, Serbia

Again, ​IPRA Shortlists Nigeria Customs, IMPR for Golden World Awards, Celebrates 70th Anniversary in Africa

Army Neutralize Notorious Bandit Leader, Others, Rescue Victims, Recover Weapons in Kogi

The road accident scene

Nigeria’s Deadly Roads and the Menace of Trailer Accidents, By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi

Troops Neutralise Gunrunner, Armed Militia, Recover Weapons in Plateau

NAF, Ground Troops Neutralise 30 Terrorists in Joint Operation at Dar Jamel

Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi

Audi mourns as NSCDC loses 8 operatives after rescue operation in Edo

BUKAA Announces 2025 AGM at BUK New Campus: Join In-Person or Virtually

IGP Egbetokun Appoints CSP Hundeyin as New Force PRO

Recent Posts

  • FCT Police Warn Residents Against Bribing Traffic Officers
  • Customs Board Approves $300 Duty-Free Limit for Imports to Boost Commerce
  • NAF Establishes Forensic, Digital Crime Lab to Tackle Insecurity
  • ICPC, State Information Chiefs Forge New Alliance to Combat Grassroots Corruption
  • Recollecting a Media Dialogue on Words and Extremism in Abuja
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
FCT Police Warn Residents Against Bribing Traffic OfficersCustoms Board Approves $300 Duty-Free Limit for Imports to Boost CommerceNAF Establishes Forensic, Digital Crime Lab to Tackle InsecurityICPC, State Information Chiefs Forge New Alliance to Combat Grassroots CorruptionRecollecting a Media Dialogue on Words and Extremism in AbujaCustoms, Defence Bureau Unveil Airboat for Smuggling WarShettima Condemns Borno Attack, Assures Perpetrators Won’t Escape Justice​DSS Demands Retraction, Apology from Sowore Over Comments on TinubuBorno Village Attack Leaves Dozens Dead, UN Condemns ViolenceNDLEA Busts Drug Cartel, Arrests Kingpins, Seizes N6.4bn Worth of NarcoticsARASE! I Will Forever Cherish your Kindness and Love -Good Night BossMilitary Plants Trees, Donates Relief Items to Orphans in PlateauPHOTOS: BUK Alumni Association Launches Digital Hub to Unite Global Graduates, Drive University DevelopmentAgain, ​IPRA Shortlists Nigeria Customs, IMPR for Golden World Awards, Celebrates 70th Anniversary in AfricaArmy Neutralize Notorious Bandit Leader, Others, Rescue Victims, Recover Weapons in Kogi
X whatsapp