Fabricated screenshot of news article falsely accuses Nigerian politician of tribalism

Screenshots of fake headlines and newspaper front pages have circulated on social media since campaigns for Nigeria’s 2027 elections started. One image shared hundreds of times on X and Facebook resembles an online news report claiming that Nigerian opposition leader Peter Obi defended ethnic Igbos involved in a scam producing counterfeit beverages. However, the claim is false; the screenshot was generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools.