TRENDING: Chip Whip or Chief Whip? Kano official’s customised number plate causes ripples

An error has been spotted on the official number plate of a car assumed to belong to the chief whip of the Kano state house of assembly.

The customised number plate reads chip whip in the place of chief whip and has the symbol of a legislative mace.

This may be a case of dialectal interference — “f” is pronounced as “p” and “p” as “f” in parts of the north.

The photo has started generating comments on social media.

Kano people why ?😂😂😂@DanTaraba @Mafindi_jnr @aesha__aa @dawisu @yunusxonline pic.twitter.com/7AquBuDrbv

— Huzaifa Yero (@Yerosjnr) November 2, 2019

Kano ta dabo tumbin giwa, koda me kazo an fika
“Chip whip”😂😂💔😭 pic.twitter.com/kwy6av0Wk4

— Mr UB (@_Ubuhari) November 2, 2019

Who did this to us? pic.twitter.com/If0n57PfXu

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— Jaafar Jaafar (@JaafarSJaafar) November 2, 2019

https://twitter.com/jacksonpbn/status/1190721472106508288

https://twitter.com/MusaBarau9/status/1190721163317534720

Kano People good evening o. Greetings to your Chip Whip!

Cc: @dawisu pic.twitter.com/UwMEIdim03

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— Tosin.X (@Dontee___) November 2, 2019

https://twitter.com/AamirSidibe/status/1190720785540960257

Kano kwenu! pic.twitter.com/eAB6KzLGrn

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— BOLAJI (@darmmie4luv) November 2, 2019

https://twitter.com/DrArowoloAyoola/status/1190719792300396545

https://twitter.com/abumakama/status/1190724742208262144

Spelt as pronounced in Kano😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/TxrNr4v9xG

— MrSel (@NanselSelzing) November 2, 2019

TheCable ran Google reverse image searches to confirm the veracity of the picture but found it had not existed on the internet at an earlier date.