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Claim: A New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporter, Sheedon, posted a video on social media claiming that the Black Stars defeated Chad 5–0 during Nana Akufo-Addo’s presidency.
Verdict: False. Ghana’s 5–0 victory over Chad took place on March 21, 2025, when John Dramani Mahama was president, not under Nana Akufo-Addo.
Full Text
A Ghanaian social media user has triggered a controversy with a video following the 1-1 stalemate between the Black Stars of Ghana and the Chad national team in the 2026 World Cup qualifier.
In the video, which was first shared on TikTok, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporter, Sheedon, suggested to her over 300k followers that Ghana Blackstars scored Chad 5-0 under the previous Nana Akufo-Addo administration at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Sheedon said in Twi, “At Akufo-Addo’s time, we scored Chad 5-0, but now that we claim to have a good government, [we] have attained a draw… I wish the best for Ghanaians, but they do politics with everything.”
Meanwhile, the original video was posted on TikTok, where it has attained 16.9k views, 635 likes, 265 comments, and some bookmarks.
Other users also shared it on the same TikTok, on X, and on Facebook, where it garnered 2.9k views and 78 comments.
Nonetheless, on X, a shorter clip curated from the original and posted by @OfficialBigkay on September 5, gained about 138k views, 243 comments, 110 retweets, and 1.5k likes.
With the potential to mislead, DUBAWA had to put out the facts.
Verification
A Google search engine shows that the match in which Ghana scored 5-0 was played on March 21, 2025, not in 2024. The goals were scored by Antonie Semenyo, Inaki Williams, Jordan Ayew, Mohammed Salisu, and Ernest Nuamah.
The match took place at the Accra Sports Stadium, and a large number of supporters, including some dignitaries, were in attendance.
Several local and international news websites, including ESPN, widely covered the match on March 21, 2025, not in 2024.
Importantly, by March 2025, John Dramani Mahama had already assumed the presidency, following Akufo-Addo’s exit from office earlier that year.
Conclusion
The viral claim is false. Ghana’s 5–0 win over Chad occurred on March 21, 2025, under President John Mahama, not during Nana Akufo-Addo’s tenure.
