Misleading! Francis Tucker’s helicopter dream, not Tucker, is 34 years old

CLAIM: A Facebook post by Born 2 Blog claims that Francis Tucker, a Sierra Leonean inventor, is 34 years old and has been working on building a helicopter from scratch. VERDICT: Misleading. Francis Tucker is not 34 years old. Instead, it is his dream to construct a helicopter that is 34 years old. The misleading … 

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Has Simon Ekpa been released as Facebook user claims?

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