{"id":12456,"date":"2023-05-13T23:48:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T23:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umuakatimes.com\/topnews\/?p=12456"},"modified":"2023-05-13T23:48:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T23:48:33","slug":"peter-obi-falsely-photographed-kneeling-next-to-president-elect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umuakatimes.com\/topnews\/peter-obi-falsely-photographed-kneeling-next-to-president-elect\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi falsely photographed kneeling next to \u201cpresident-elect\u201d."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 309<\/span><span class='epvc-label'> Views<\/span><\/div><p>As Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi heads to court to contest Nigeria\u2019s February 2023 election results that saw Bola Tinubu declared the country\u2019s next president, a tweet shared a photo claiming to show Obi kneeling next to Tinubu. But the claim is false: AFP Fact Check found that the photo, posted by a former presidential candidate of a rival party, has been digitally altered to include Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTinubu\u2019s posture: \u2018No food for a lazy man like you Peter Obi, stop sleeping everywhere including at courts and airports, hero beer have overtaken your wakefulness, go for deliverance,\u201d reads the caption of a tweet shared on May 9, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet, shared by a former presidential candidate for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), features an image of Obi kneeling next to Tinubu, who stares straight ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu is also a member of the APC and ran as the party\u2019s 2023 presidential candidate, beating rival candidates Atiku Abubakar and Obi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12457\" src=\"http:\/\/umuakatimes.com\/topnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230514_004423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umuakatimes.com\/topnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230514_004423.jpg 606w, https:\/\/umuakatimes.com\/topnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230514_004423-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Adamu Garba II, who shared the image, has repeatedly attempted to link Obi with the Biafran separatist movement, a group agitating for independence in the country\u2019s southeast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHero beer\u201d, mentioned in the claim, refers to Hero Lager, which is often affiliated with the Biafran movement.<\/p>\n<p>But the claim that Obi was pictured kneeling next to Tinubu is false.<\/p>\n<p>Using a reverse image search, AFP Fact Check found the same image of Tinubu seen in the false tweet published in several news articles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source Yahoo news. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>309 ViewsAs Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi heads 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