Social media users in Nigeria have shared a video in January 2025 claiming it showed 200 missing children who were found in a house in Nigeria\u2019s Rivers state. However, the posts are misleading: Nigerian police confirmed the footage featured 16 children rescued from a compound in September 2024 in a case linked to alleged human trafficking.<\/h3>\n
\u201cOver 200 missing children found in a compound in Ozouba Port Harcourt\u201d, reads a Facebook post<\/a> published on January 14, 2025, and shared more than 21,000 times.<\/p>\n Screenshot showing the misleading claim, taken January 21, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The post includes a 46-second video showing a group of startled-looking children being ushered to safety by a crowd of adults.<\/p>\n The account sharing the clip has more than a thousand followers and shares random content, especially about the Igbo culture and its people.<\/p>\n Other posts on Facebook (here<\/a> and here<\/a>) and Instagram<\/a> also shared the claim.<\/p>\n But the posts are misleading.<\/p>\n Using a keyword search on the social media analysis tool Meta Content Library, AFP Fact Check found the video went viral with the same claim in October 2024 (see here<\/a> and here<\/a>).<\/p>\nOld case<\/h2>\n