Fact-check: Post alleging a man was seen selling bullets in Gudele area, is false

Fact-check: Post alleging a man was seen selling bullets in Gudele area**, is false**

The photo shows a man* arrested near the Cameroon-Nigeria border, suspected to be a terrorist logistics courier.*

**Writer: Wani Yusif Farjallah **

This Facebook post (archived here) with an image claiming that a man was caught selling bullets from his Rakuba in the Gudele area, is false.

According to the post circulating on Facebook, a man was seen illegally selling and circulating ammunition (bullets) within residential communities from a hut commonly known in Juba Arabic as (Rakuba) in the Gudele area of Juba in South Sudan.

Accompanying the post is an image of a man sitting on the floor with piles of ammunition cartridges in front of him.

The post reads, *“*Breaking news, a man has been caught selling bullets in his small rakuba in Gudele .**”

A screenshot of a man allegedly selling bullets from his hut (Rakuba) in the Gudele area of Juba, South Sudan.

The viral post attracted the attention of many social media users and was widely circulated by pages across Facebook like Insight Juba, Panyikang Media, Star Media, and Juba Scoop among others.

Screenshots from some Facebook pages blog reporting a man allegedly seen selling bullets from a Rakuba in the Gudele area of Juba, South Sudan.

However, after conducting a reverse search on the photo, Hot in Juba established that the photo is not of a man selling bullets from the Gudele area of Juba in South Sudan.

Evidence:

Journal du Cameroun, a local Cameroonian media outlet reported that a suspect who is believed to have been supplying Boko Haram Armed group was intercepted and arrested on Sunday, 9th August, 2026 by Cameroonian gendarmerie forces, in the locality of Dougoum-Silo, in the Hilé-Alifa district, in the Far North Region of Cameroon, near the Nigeria-Cameroon border. The report shared a similar image as the one in the post by Juba Times, although the suspect’s face is blurred.

The National Gendarmerie of Cameroon confirmed the arrest and detention of the suspect on the morning of August 9, in a Facebook post here, indicating that they are under investigation.

The Gendarmerie Nationale du Cameroun, a specialized military-status defense and security force responsible for public safety, law enforcement, and territorial defense across Cameroon also revealed that the individual suspect was apprehended while in possession of three barrels of 20-liter capacity each of ammunition in its Facebook post.

According to the post, the suspect was in possession of 7,412 rounds of 7.62x39mm ammunition, packed in three blue 20-liter jerrycans supposedly destined for terrorist groups active in the region.

In the post, the Gendarmerie shared blurred images of the suspect which did not include the suspect’s name and exact age.

*“A suspected link in a supply network for armed groups, the individual was taken to the General Staff of the Makary Gendarmerie Company, where he is currently undergoing an in-depth investigation to determine the origin of the ammunition, their exact destination, and any possible branches of the network to which he may be linked,” *the post reads in part.

Other local reports on the incident also appear here and here.

The Commander of the Logone and Chari Gendarmerie Legion, Colonel MVOGO Guy Hervé says they are intensifying the fight against all forms of terrorism and criminality in the area.

Notably, several Nigerian news outlets including Voice of Nigeria, African Perceptions, Zagazola identified the suspect as Moussa Goudja, in his 30s.

Conclusion:

This post circulating on Facebook claiming that a man was seen selling bullets from his Rakuba in the Gudele area, is false.

The image depicts a suspect intercepted by the National Gendarmerie of Cameroon on Sunday morning, of August 9, 2026, around 8 am in a Facebook post, while transporting ammunition in Cameroon, but did not share the identity of the apprehended suspect who is currently undergoing investigation and questioning at the headquarters of the Makary gendarmerie.

This fact-check was produced by Hot in Juba as part of the African Fact-Checking Alliance’s (AFCA) incubation programme. It was produced with peer-mentorship from Code for Africa’s fact-checking initiative, PesaCheck, with financial support from the* Digital Democracy Initiative** within the framework of the** Digitalise Youth project** led by the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD). AFCA mentorship respects the journalistic independence of the researchers, offering access to advanced techniques and tools. Editorial decision-making remains with Hot in Juba. Want to learn more? Visit:** https://factcheck.africa/*

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