No Evidence Facemasks Suffocate to Death

Early September, a claim that a man wearing a facemask suffocated to death in Ogun was circulating. Social media users claimed that a 50-year-old man, Solomon Ede aka Baba Rita, is dead after his lifeless body was found face down with his face mask, in Alako, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Users also claimed that the man was always in the habit of wearing his face mask in order to protect himself against the Covid-19 but accidentally slept with it on Friday, August 28, 2020, after getting drunk.



The claim was shared with two pictures of the dead man on the ground wearing a mask.

The claim was spread on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.