The Vincent Dabilgou, Former Minister of Transport of Burkina Faso was brought to trial in the courts of Burkina Faso for embezzlement of public funds and money laundering. He was sentenced on August 2023 by the court of Burkina Faso. However, in the recent times, a video has surfaced on social media which claims to be of Vincent Dabilgou in which he’s being beaten by the public after he was found guilty of embezzling €1.7 million and later sentenced to 11 years in jail.

A user on X { @tanmoyofc} has claimed that, “Burkina Faso’s former Minister of Transport, Vincent Dabilgou has been sent to the public for a thorough beating after he was found guilty of embezzling €1.7 million and later sentenced to 11 years in prison” along with a video of a man getting beaten by the public.

FACT CHECK:

The DFRAC team has investigated about this viral claim and found many past media reports. According to the africa.com, Vincent Dabilgou is in jail since August 2023 for 11 years which means that he is in the jail currently. There is no past report or news from August 2023 related to this video and no reports about him getting bailed or released from the jail since then. So, we can conclude that the man in the viral video is not Vincent Dabilgou as he is jail since August 2023.

Apparently, the collage clearly shows that there are plenty of differences in the facial features of both of the individuals. The man shown in the viral video is completely different from the former minister of transport of Burkina Faso.

CONCLUSION:

Hence from this fact check, it is clear that the viral claim is false. The man in the viral video is not Vincent Dabilgou as he is currently in the jail.

Analysis : Misleading