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Feb 24 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
FACT CHECK: Viral audio of Atiku, Tambuwal and Okowa plotting to rig election is doctored

An audio of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), plotting to rig the general election that is hours away has gone viral.

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In the said recording, Ifeanyi Okowa, vice-presidential candidate of the PDP, and Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto and director-general of the party’s presidential campaign council, could also be heard.

Checks by TheCable have found the recording to be deepfake.

#FactCheck
Merriam-Webster dictionary defines deepfake as: “An image or recording that has been convincingly altered and manipulated to misrepresent someone as doing or saying something that was not actually done or said.”

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#NigeriaVotes2023
It was found that clips from previously recorded speeches were cut and joined to create the recording of the said conversation.

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