By Shereefdeen Ahmad
On 4th December, a Facebook user, Nweke Makojo Global claimed that there’s an ongoing construction of skyscraper in Onueke, Ebonyi state, Nigeria.
The post has an image of a tall building with scaffold.
“The ongoing construction of skyscraper in Onueke Ebonyi state,” the caption reads.
As of 6th December, the post has gathered 13,000 likes, 4,000 comments and 329 shares.
A Skyscraper is a self-supporting building that is taller than 150m and consists of at least 50 per cent habitable floor space. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least 100 meters (330 ft) or 150 meters (490 ft) in height, though there is no universally accepted definition, other than being very tall high-rise buildings.
The Claim
Image shows an ongoing construction of a skyscraper in Onueke, Ebonyi state.
The Findings
The findings show that the claim is MISLEADING and therefore false.
Though the The News Digest Press could not confirm if actually there’s an ongoing construction of skyscraper in Onueke, Ebonyi state, but the image attached to the caption does not show an ongoing construction of skyscraper in Onueke.
To verify the source of the image, The News Digest Press has subjected it to Reverse Image Search on Yandex, Google Lens and Tineye.
The result showed that the image has been on the internet space since at least 2012.
On 23rd October 2012, it was used in an article by Traveling Trini to Illustrate a bamboo scaffolding.
Pinterest, an American image sharing and social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information like recipes, home and style; attributed the image to bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong seen here.
The Verdict
The image does not show construction of a skyscraper in Onueke, Ebonyi state, therefore, the claim is MISLEADING.