{"id":13442,"date":"2023-02-22T12:45:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T11:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=13442"},"modified":"2023-02-22T12:45:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T11:45:46","slug":"festus-keyamo-shares-misleading-pictures-of-apc-rally-in-sokoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/festus-keyamo-shares-misleading-pictures-of-apc-rally-in-sokoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Festus Keyamo shares misleading pictures of APC rally in Sokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim<\/strong>: Festus Keyamo, a spokesperson of the Tinubu\/Shettima Presidential campaign council, posted an image on Twitter, claiming that the crowd in the image were from the APC\u2019s presidential campaign in Sokoto.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict<\/strong>: The image used in Mr Keyamo\u2019s tweet was deliberately distorted and taken from its original context to mislead the public. The image was originally taken at the Lollapalooza, Chicago, USA festival in 2021, not in Sokoto, Nigeria, during the APC rally. The claim is false.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keyamo\u2019s tweet with the picture highlighted in blue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As campaigns towards the general elections intensify, the use of crowds at political campaigns to show political prowess continues among actors and supporters of the top political parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, February 9, 2023, Barrister Festus Keyamo, Nigeria\u2019s Junior minister of Labour and a spokesperson for the Tinubu\/Shettma campaigns, shared a tweet<\/a> with images purportedly from the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential rally in Sokoto State earlier that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Keyamo shared\u00a0 the image from his official Twitter handle @fkeyamo<\/a> with the caption:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMore pictures from the mother of all rallies in Sokoto! The signs are all there for all to see! But they are playing! Make dem dey play!! In about a forth-night, the jungle will mature.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the photos that depicted a huge crowd of shirtless people seemed to draw more attention than the rest.\u00a0 One user called out the image for being fake.\u00a0 Sound Jay (@sound_jay6<\/a>) argued that the image with shirtless people was fake; \u201c<\/strong>fake picture mate,\u201d be challenged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in a concession to the alleged narrative, Ketura (@ketura16647548<\/a>)\u00a0 also wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJungle don fully matured oh na human being be dis. Jagaban we know Jagaban we vote. Sai ka shiga villa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tweet has been viewed over 280K times, with over 1,654 likes and over 346 retweets. As the election date draws near, political actors are getting more desperate, which can sometimes push them to share contentious content worthy of verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA ran a Tin Eye reverse image search to verify the picture’s integrity. Interestingly, the analysis revealed the alleged image was originally shared by Colin Hinkle (@hinklecolin<\/a>) on Twitter and dated back to July 31, 2021, when he tagged @Lollapalooza<\/a>, a music festival that is held in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image 1: A screenshot of the image shared by Mr Keyamo, the same encircled part is seen in image 2 shared, originally shared by Mr Hinkle on his Twitter page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Image 2: A screenshot of the image originally shared by Mr Hinkle. The same encircled parts are seen in image 1, Mr Keyamo\u2019s purported depiction of the APC rally in Sokoto.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The image was also a subject of an article<\/a> on Business Insider Africa titled:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA photo showing the mostly maskless crowd at Lollapalooza 2021 is being compared to Where’s Waldo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image 3: A screenshot of the article on Business Insider Africa referencing the image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA also found that this is not the first time this image has been used to mislead the public. A Nigerian blogging site, Naijaloaded,  in one of its post<\/a>s titled: \u201cRonaldo To Real Madrid or Messi To PSG \u2013 Which Of These Is The Biggest Transfer To Happen In Sporting History?\u201d claimed the image was of the fans who came out in Paris to witness the arrival of the Argentina footballer Lionel Messi\u2019s arrival to Paris Saint Germain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forensic analysis of the two images<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To further verify the alleged image and the original version, DUBAWA conducted a forensic analysis of the two images, subjecting both versions to noise analysis to determine the level of distortion on the alleged image. Results from the analysis, conducted on the same ratings (encircled red), revealed Mr Keyamo\u2019s version (image 4)  was deliberately subjected to noise distortion to reduce the quality of the image, hence the quality of visibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image 4: A screenshot of the version shared by Mr Keyamo. Based on the same noise analysis scale as image five below, findings show that Mr Keyamo\u2019s version of the image was distorted (take note of the difference).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Image 5: the version of the image shared in the article. When subjected to the same noise level analysis, results show the image has not been tampered with. A clear difference with Mr Keyamo\u2019s version is evident.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Lollapalooza Festival <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Lollapalooza festival is an annual four-day music festival that features artists from different genres of music and is hosted in Grand Park, Chicago, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Considered one of the biggest music festivals in the world. The event, which started in 1991, has had appearances from Snoop Doggy Dogg, the Prodigy, Kanye West, K\u2019naan, J. Cole,\u00a0Dua Lipa, amongst others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The image used in Mr Keyamo\u2019s tweet was deliberately distorted and removed from its original context to mislead the public.\u00a0 The image was originally taken at the Lollapalooza festival in 2021. The claim is false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researcher produced this fact-check per the DUBAWA 2023 Kwame KariKari Fellowship in partnership with CrossRiverWatch to facilitate the ethos of \u201ctruth\u201d in journalism and enhance media literacy in the country.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: Festus Keyamo, a spokesperson of the Tinubu\/Shettima Presidential campaign council, posted an image on Twitter, claiming that the crowd in the image were from the APC\u2019s presidential campaign in Sokoto. Verdict: The image used in Mr Keyamo\u2019s tweet was deliberately distorted and taken from its original context to mislead the public. The image was originally taken at the Lollapalooza, Chicago, USA festival in 2021, not in Sokoto, Nigeria, during the APC rally. The claim is false.\u00a0 Full Text  As campaigns towards the general elections intensify, the use of crowds at political campaigns to show political prowess continues among actors and supporters of the top political parties. On Thursday, February 9, 2023, Barrister Festus Keyamo, Nigeria\u2019s Junior minister of Labour and a spokesperson for the Tinubu\/Shettma campaigns, shared a tweet with images purportedly from the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential rally in Sokoto State earlier that day. Mr Keyamo shared\u00a0 the image from his official Twitter handle @fkeyamo with the caption:\u00a0 \u201cMore pictures from the mother of all rallies in Sokoto! The signs are all there for all to see! But they are playing! Make dem dey play!! In about a forth-night, the jungle will mature.\u201d One of the photos that depicted a huge crowd of shirtless people seemed to draw more attention than the rest.\u00a0 One user called out the image for being fake.\u00a0 Sound Jay (@sound_jay6) argued that the image with shirtless people was fake; \u201cfake picture mate,\u201d be challenged. However, in a concession to the alleged narrative, Ketura (@ketura16647548)\u00a0 also wrote: \u201cJungle don fully matured oh na human being be dis. Jagaban we know Jagaban we vote. Sai ka shiga villa.\u201d The tweet has been viewed over 280K times, with over 1,654 likes and over 346 retweets. As the election date draws near, political actors are getting more desperate, which can sometimes push them to share contentious content worthy of verification. Verification  DUBAWA ran a Tin Eye reverse image search to verify the picture’s integrity. Interestingly, the analysis revealed the alleged image was originally shared by Colin Hinkle (@hinklecolin) on Twitter and dated back to July 31, 2021, when he tagged @Lollapalooza, a music festival that is held in Chicago. The image was also a subject of an article on Business Insider Africa titled: \u201cA photo showing the mostly maskless crowd at Lollapalooza 2021 is being compared to Where’s Waldo.\u201d DUBAWA also found that this is not the first time this image has been used to mislead the public. A Nigerian blogging site, Naijaloaded,  in one of its posts titled: \u201cRonaldo To Real Madrid or Messi To PSG \u2013 Which Of These Is The Biggest Transfer To Happen In Sporting History?\u201d claimed the image was of the fans who came out in Paris to witness the arrival of the Argentina footballer Lionel Messi\u2019s arrival to Paris Saint Germain. Forensic analysis of the two images To further verify the alleged image and the original version, DUBAWA conducted a forensic analysis of the two images, subjecting both versions to noise analysis to determine the level of distortion on the alleged image. Results from the analysis, conducted on the same ratings (encircled red), revealed Mr Keyamo\u2019s version (image 4)  was deliberately subjected to noise distortion to reduce the quality of the image, hence the quality of visibility.  The Lollapalooza Festival  The Lollapalooza festival is an annual four-day music festival that features artists from different genres of music and is hosted in Grand Park, Chicago, USA. Considered one of the biggest music festivals in the world. The event, which started in 1991, has had appearances from Snoop Doggy Dogg, the Prodigy, Kanye West, K\u2019naan, J. Cole,\u00a0Dua Lipa, amongst others.\u00a0 Conclusion  The image used in Mr Keyamo\u2019s tweet was deliberately distorted and removed from its original context to mislead the public.\u00a0 The image was originally taken at the Lollapalooza festival in 2021. The claim is false. The researcher produced this fact-check per the DUBAWA 2023 Kwame KariKari Fellowship in partnership with CrossRiverWatch to facilitate the ethos of \u201ctruth\u201d in journalism and enhance media literacy in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[5,1571,16],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3781],"class_list":["post-13442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections","category-fact-check","category-politics"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-3uO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3781,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"ogar-monday","display_name":"Ogar Monday","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Festus-Keyamo.jpg?fit=305%2C165&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13442"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13446,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13442\/revisions\/13446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13442"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=13442"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=13442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}