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.

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: FIJ subjected the audio to a deepfake test using Deepware, an AI tool used to detect alterations in audios and videos.

According to Deepware, the audio was not AI generated, and it underwent no technological alterations.

Although FIJ was able to establish that no AI was used in generating the voices or modifying the audio, the newspaper, as of press time, was unable to reach both men for comments on whether they indeed engaged in the conversation or people with similar voices to theirs did.

VERDICT: The audio is not a deepfake.

Okoroawusa:
Obi and his followers are not finding it easy this weekend

History555:
Fake as the word fake. Tell us who recorded the conversation if they are so sure

flokii:
Which yeye deepfake.. that audio I listened to is 100 percent real and it was clearly Peter Obi talking wuth the Living faith GO.. pay attention the the desperation in his voice as he kept mentioning Kwara because Oyedepo is from Kwara.

Emi gan machine.. lie detector.

KwuoteYourFada:


Send me a five minutes recording of your voice I'll make TTS of you saying another thing I have the module in my Kali Linux


It's fake I can tell you that for sure.

Check fakeyou.com you'll understand what I'm talking about


A party that hired bishops cannot suprise me

flokii:


Shey you wan dey whine me ni?..

Is it machine that will be saying 'yes daddy', 'I am in Onitsha now daddy'. bia take time o, don't insult my intelligence.

infact with the way things are going, the payment details of the alleged 2 billion Obi paid to CAN will soon come out.. maybe you'll tell us that one too is doctored.

flokii:


Shey you wan dey whine me ni?..

Is it machine that will be saying 'yes daddy', 'I am in Onitsha now daddy'. bia take time o, don't insult my intelligence.

infact with the way things are going, the payment details of the alleged 2 billion Obi paid to CAN will soon come out.. maybe you'll tell us that one too is doctored.

Gucciblog:


Shut up bingo

When did Obi start voting in Onitsha

Abii you no hear that part too?

trutharena:
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.

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: FIJ subjected the audio to a deepfake test using Deepware, an AI tool used to detect alterations in audios and videos.

According to Deepware, the audio was not AI generated, and it underwent no technological alterations.

Although FIJ was able to establish that no AI was used in generating the voices or modifying the audio, the newspaper, as of press time, was unable to reach both men for comments on whether they indeed engaged in the conversation or people with similar voices to theirs did.

VERDICT: The audio is not a deepfake.

CC: Mynd44

Source: https://fij.ng/article/fact-check-is-the-trending-phone-conversation-of-peter-obi-and-oyedepo-a-deepfake/

FreeStuffsNG:

I am not surprised at all and I am once again embarrassed again that we need to call on DSS to arrest, thoroughly investigate and prosecute these people.

DesChyko:


Somebody who is not surprised at all is at the same time embarrassed..

Even being fake require a pedigree of smartness to perfectly execute 😎

FreeStuffsNG:
In your own 'smartness', surprise is same as embarrassed abi. smh.

FarahAideed:
If true the why was the phone call of a major contestant being bugged?

DesChyko:


It doesn't even require smartness to count your tongue with your teeth but since you obviously can't do that, I can give you one last audience.

If you're not surprised at all, that's because you already knew what to expect and are prepared for it. How can you become embarrassed over something you're prepared for when you are not surprised by it? 🤷🏾‍♂️

Even being fake require a pedigree of smartness to perfectly execute 😎