An audio conversation reportedly between Peter Obi, the
Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election, and
David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church or Winners Chapel, has
surfaced online.
In the viral audio, both men can be heard discussing ahead
of the February 25 presidential election about the Christian voting community
in Nigeria’s southwest and north-central regions, and how to get them to
support Obi.
Obi can be heard saying, “It is a religious war,” to which
Oyedepo replies, “I believe that.”
The story was first published on Saturday evening, and the audio was shared in MP4 format afterwards.
"Religious war"? Against Whom? Muslims? Did Peter Obi Really Say This? And Was He Crying? We Need Clarification Directly From Him!#TableShaker #NigerianElections2023 pic.twitter.com/CoOfgPY8TQ
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 1, 2023
Following its publication, several social media users said
it was a deepfake and the voices were AI generated.
CLAIM: Viral audio clip between Obi and Oyedepo is a deepfake
VERIFICATION
The audio was subjected to a deepfake test using Deepware, an AI tool used to detect alterations in audios and videos.
Deepware’s deepfake detection technology “was designed to
detect deepfake videos or, simply, any fake content in the areas of visual and
audio communication“.
The Cable, a Nigerian newspaper, had used the same tool to detect that
a supposed audio conversation of Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President of
Nigeria, Aminu Tambuwal, the Governor of Sokoto State, and Ifeanyi Okowa, the Governor
of Delta State, plotting to rig the 2023 presidential election was a deepfake.
According to Deepware,
the Obi-Oyedepo audio was not AI-generated, and it underwent no technological
alterations.
The voices in the audio were also analysed and unique
characteristics that are almost impossible to replicate in deepfakes were found.
DEEPWARE’S FINDINGS
FIJ was able to establish that no AI was used in generating
the voices or modifying the audio, and made efforts that ultimately proved
unsuccessful to reach both men for comments.
VERDICT: The audio is not a deepfake.
culled: FIJ
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ReplyDeleteAmen
Still It's a deep fake , APC naturally is fake ,what they can't manufacture doesn't exist. & Also this site or Internet space is also a product of APC.
ReplyDeleteWe all know this & we will never believe your findings