The New York-based security firm that helped
analyse the voices of the characters in the
shocking leaked recording on the rigged Ekiti
election has given insight into how it
determined the authenticity of the audio clip.
In a report, Guardian Consulting said it
conducted a forensic examination on the
discussion and compared the voices to public
record samples of the known individuals.
In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Tom
Fitzgerald, the President of the company,
confirmed that his company did the
investigation.
“I can confirm that we did the testing,” Mr.
Fitzgerald said.
He declined further comments, referring
PREMIUM TIMES to a London-based firm, ATP
Advisers, who he said gave his company the job.
ATP Advisers could not be reached for
comments.
According to his Linkedin profile, Mr. Fitzgerald
was a former detective with the New York Police
Detective [NYPD] and the Foreign Bureau of
Investigation (FBI). He has over 30 years
experience as a detective of repute.
Read full report of the investigation below.
Fr: Guardian Consulting LLC
Re: Executive summary regarding Nigeria tapes
Nov. 27, 2014
Guardian Consulting Group LLC were engaged
on Nov. 10 to conduct forensic examinations on
an audio recording purported to be a private
discussion among presumed Nigerian officials
regarding disrupting an election (“The
Recording”). The first phase of the engagement
was to conduct analysis to identify the voices on
The Recording by comparing them to public
record samples of known individuals. The
second phase was to judge the veracity of
selected parts of the conversation to a degree of
scientific survey.
Executive Summary of Findings:
IDENTIFICATION
The following voices from The Recording were
subjected to a Forensic Voice Frequency
Comparison against known samples and were
found to match to a 98% degree of certainty:
• Governor Avo Favose
• Senator Iviola Omisore
• Hon. Abdulkareem
• Caleb Olubolade
The following voice from The Recording was
subjected to a Forensic Voice Frequency
Comparison against a known sample and was
found to match to an 80% degree of certainty:
• Senator Musiliu Obanikoro
VERACITY
• Gov. Avo Favose was being truthful when he
said: …there is no vehicle that left this place
without that sticker.
• A person identified as Obanikoro with 80% of
certainty was judged to be completely truthful
when he said to a person identified as Abdul
Kareem: If am a happy man tomorrow night,
the sky is your limit, and at the end of the day if
am unhappy…I am not here for tea party, am
on a special assignment by the president.”
• A person identified as Abdulkareem with a
98% degree of certainty said: “I was the one
who created road blocks, I was the officer on
ground sir.”)
DETAILS
The primary sample provided to Guardian
Consulting is identified as “The Recording” for
filing purposes.
The client provided these known samples:
Governor Ayo Fayose- www.youtube.com/
watch?v=WOce2g4O9XM .
Senator Iyiola Omisore- www.youtube.com/
watch?v=ByzAuXi5k8k
Honourable Abdulkareem- www.youtube.com/
watch?v=UM1yY4E4Qaw
Caleb Olubolade- www.youtube.com/watch?
v=K9XIaxRwjyA
Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro www.youtube.com/
watch?v=bO2SyPkk52w
METHODOLOGY
Starting with provided sample, identified here
as The Recording, voices were isolated and five
voices were positively identified as uniquely
identical through voice print analysis. One
additional background voice fragment was
isolated but no identification was made (n.b. It
is possible that the additional voice came one of
the five subjects but was distorted due to a
recording or transmission glitch). The
unidentified voice fragment was fleeting and did
not make up a substantial part of the
conversation.
The Forensic Voice System (“FVS”) measures
including frequencies discernable by the human
ear as well as others above and below human
recognition. Patterns of the frequencies are
entered into the FVS in which a
Frequency Voice Print is then produced and
displayed. The Voice Print is quantified for
comparison.
The process was repeated with the provided
known samples and Voice Prints were
established for each of the five subjects.
Identical words were identified from The
Recording and the known samples. Each of the
identical words was printed. The prints were
then compared leading to the following
conclusion:
• Governor Ayo Fayose was found to match the
public sample to a 98% or greater degree of
scientific certainty.
• Senator Iyiola Omisore was found to match the
public sample to a 98% or greater degree of
scientific certainty.
• Honourable Abdulkareem was found to match
the public sample to a 98% or greater degree of
scientific certainty.
• Caleb Olubolade was found to match the public
sample to a 98% or greater degree of scientific
certainty.
. Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro was found to match
the public sample to a 80% or greater degree of
scientific certainty.
The prints were further analyzed for veracity.
No substantive untruths were identified: 85% of
the conversations were deemed to contain
identifiable veracity to a 98% degree of
certainty. The remaining 15% was identified as
inconclusive.
The findings are based on the samples supplied.
We relied on public identification of the known
samples.
Further analysis of the voice attributed to Sen.
Musiliu Obanikoro may result in a higher
degree of certainty, but quality of the original
recording not the additional publicly available
samples are the primary reason for this level of
veracity being listed. Further analysis against
the new samples will be completed on Monday
December 1.
James Mulvaney
James Mulvaney, Director
Nov. 27, 2014
New York City Hudson Valley
Guardian Consulting LLC 120 Ramapo Rd.
445 Park Ave. 9th Floor Suite 348
New York, N.Y. 10022 Garnerville, NY 10923
347-924-6525 – Office 845.271.3366/67 – Office
917.322.2105 – Fax 845.271.3368 – Fax

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So surprise I am kinda the first to comment on this post!
Is it because it's authenticate the originality of the audio?!
Truth is really bitter ti consume!!!
PDP must GO!!!

You go fear investigation.

Sadly,nothing is going to happen to Fayose and co. Or will they be arrested?

When you want gullible Nigerians to believe tell them its American verified. These set of Nigerians see anything American as made in heaven.
Cry as loud as you can, truth is if you conduct elections tomorrow in ekiti, Fayose will still trounce Fayemi...the thing is Fayemi knows this but won't say it

Next please...

How I wish fayose did not attack GMB, his coming problem would have been minimal

Tandriods over to you ****in leroy's(PFL FANZONE) voice

We do not need voice frequency analysis to identify those people behind the leak tape. But it concludes how powerful elites go at extra length to grab power and subdue the masses, yet some clowns continue to support them for peanuts and crumbs

I find it shocking that anyone can claim to know how truthful someone is by listening to a recording of their voice. When even lie detectors (that are connected to a person) are not generally regarded as being effective in determining truthfulness.


Does VSA (Voice Stress Analysis) actually work?
According to a recent study funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), two of the most popular VSA programs in use by police departments across the country are no better than flipping a coin when it comes to detecting deception regarding recent drug use.

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=12427



Note that the subjects were tested in person, not a recording of their voice.

We are watching

Interesting

Obiagelli:
The New York-based security firm that helped


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And some demented fool will come here shouting phe dhy phe

It sound Fake video. It look well plan

GEJ over to you,if your government is not corrupt fayose and co should stand trial immediately,u always say the rule of d law must prevail so lets see how this goes else it will be corruption which u supervise as usual. Between that brigadier that supervised and hatchet this rigging and his cohorts must face court martial.
Honestly UN need to legalise slave trade between nigeria and big countries since i no get job,money to travel out make i jus submit masef to oyibo man country cos naija is getting worse everyday and disgusting to live in.
Abba Moro and Gej never return my 1k

Nigeria my country, may God save you from the hands of the evil ones.

@ElectionNG2015

shiffi:
GEJ over to you,if your government is not corrupt fayose and co should stand trial immediately,u always say the rule of d law must prevail so lets see how this goes else it will be corruption which u supervise as usual. Between that brigadier that supervised and hatchet this rigging and his cohorts must face court martial.
Honestly UN need to legalise slave trade between nigeria and big countries since i no get job,money to travel out make i jus submit masef to oyibo man country cos naija is getting worse everyday and disgusting to live in.
Abba Moro and Gej never return my 1k

Start business/trade.