Did the goalkeeper of Nigeria's national soccer team, Francis Uzoho, congratulate his son on his 17th birthday while he himself is only 19 years old? No, that's not true: a story that claimed he did so in a now deleted Facebook post originated on a satire website. It is obviously not true.
The story originated from an article published by News@7 on June 18, 2018 titled "19-year old Super Eagles' Goalkeeper celebrates son's 17th Birthday - News@7" (archived here) which opened:
Nigeria's goalkeeper Francis Uzoho who is 19 years of age is celebrating his second son's 17th birthday today, according to his Facebook post.
In a Facebook post that was immediately deleted, Francis showered words of praises on his son Michael. He posted:
"Wow my second son Michael is 17 today. I seek for God's blessings for him. Daddy loves you boy".
Users on social media only saw this title, description and thumbnail:
19-year old Super Eagles' Goalkeeper celebrates son's 17th Birthday - News@7
Older son is older than the father
We were unable to locate any mention of a Facebook post with the words "Wow my second son Michael is 17 today. I seek for God's blessings for him. Daddy loves you boy" and the only article online that has them was the News@7 post. So it is unclear how the claim that "social Media users are still pouring in their birthday wishes" could be true.
News@7 comes with a satire disclaimer at the bottom of the page so it seems pretty obvious the whole story is just a joke:
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sat·ire ~ˈsaˌtī(ə)r
noun
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, OR ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
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