evidence: FACT CHECK: Viral Video Purporting To Show Niger’s Minister Of Finance Crying Is Misleading A video shared on X, the platform previously known as Twitter, purports to show Niger’s Minister of Finance Ahmat Jidoud crying after being told he has 48 hours to explain the country’s missing finances and stolen money or face execution by firing squad. [...] "The Niger minister of finance has been given 48hrs by the military, after a coup overthrow, to explain the country’s missing finances, the country’s finances and stolen money or face execution by firing squad," the X video’s caption purports. The video has been viewed over four million times as of writing.