A viral claim has been circulating on social media platforms asserting that a Nigerian man was arrested in the United Kingdom for impregnating four women from the same family – his wife, her mother, and her two sisters. The story has gained significant attention and shares online, features images of a man being detained by police alongside photos of four pregnant women. However, as this fact-check reveals, the claim is entirely false.
Social Media Posts
Multiple social media posts claim that a Nigerian man was arrested in the United Kingdom for impregnating four members of the same family: his wife, her mother, and her two sisters. These posts typically include two images: one showing a man being detained by police and another showing four pregnant women. The posts suggest that the man in the detention photo is responsible for all four pregnancies of the women who are presented as family members.
Fact Check
The Arrested Man Is Unrelated to the Claim
Upon our investigation by using reverse image search, we found that the photo showing a man being restrained by police outside a government building is unrelated to the claimed incident. This image is from a 2017 news story published in the Daily Mail.
The man in the viral photo has no connection to the alleged pregnancy scandal. He is Eniola Mustafa Aminu, 27, arrested on June 16 outside the Houses of Parliament in London with a kitchen knife. British media covered this 2017 incident, which was later heard in Southwark Crown Court. Aminu was Tasered near Westminster’s Carriage Gates entrance. He told authorities he brought the knife hoping for “death by cop” as he was suicidal but felt religiously prohibited from taking his own life.
The images in these posts incorrectly associate Aminu with an unfounded story about multiple pregnancies, when court records show his arrest was related to a mental health incident.
The Four Pregnant Women Are Sisters, and There’s No Man Involved in Their Story
The second image of four pregnant women has also been misrepresented. The Scottish Sun reported that these women are four sisters from Stirling, Scotland, who coincidentally became pregnant around the same time in 2023.
The sisters are from a family of six daughters. Two of them share the same due date of May 22, both expecting baby boys. Their coincidental pregnancies would double the number of grandchildren from four to eight in one year.
Most importantly, there is no single man who fathered all the babies. The women are siblings with separate families who took the photo to celebrate their shared experience.
No Credible News Outlet Has Reported This Alleged Incident
We have not found any credible news coverage of this alleged incident. No reputable British or Nigerian news outlets have reported on it, and there are no records from law enforcement agencies about such an arrest.
The story only appears on entertainment blogs, clickbait websites, and social media posts – none of which provide any verifiable evidence or factual reporting. These unreliable sources have reused an unrelated image from a 2017 news story about a man arrested near Parliament, which clearly shows this is fabricated content (see here and here).
Conclusion
The viral post alleging that a Nigerian man was arrested in the UK for impregnating four women from the same family is completely false. The images used to support the claim are misappropriated from unrelated news stories that have no connection to each other. One shows a man involved in a terrorism-related arrest, while the other features four sisters who happened to be pregnant around the same time.
Title:Nigerian Man Was Not Arrested in the UK for Impregnating Four Family Members
Fact Check By: Cielito WangResult: False
