Nigerian comedian cum actor, Ijoba Lande, has claimed he is being blackmailed with a deepfake AI video falsely depicting him in a compromising situation with the wife of a senator.
Naija News reports that Ijoba, in a post via Instagram, urged the Nigerian government to regulate artificial intelligence to prevent an impending wave of damage in the country.
Lande said the fabricated video, which showed him naked in bed with a woman, was sent by an unknown individual who is demanding ₦5 million to prevent its release.
According to him, the video is being circulated among his network of benefactors and contacts, casting doubt on his character and threatening his livelihood.
He said, “I’m calling on the Nigerian government to act fast on the use of AI to create videos. If not regulated, it will cause a lot of damage in this country.
“Someone sent me a video and threatened me. In the video, I was naked and in bed with a married woman.
“I’m not the one in that video, but the person is threatening me and demanding ₦5 million. If you are the one behind it, just delete it. I am not the person in it.
“What do you gain from ruining people’s lives? The video I complained about a few days ago is already causing me problems.
“They are now sending the video to my benefactors, and some of them don’t seem to believe it isn’t me. I don’t even understand how the video was made.
“I found out that the woman in the video is married to a senator, and several people have been sending it to me.
“Please, if you receive the video, delete it immediately and don’t forward it to me. The person in the video isn’t me. I’m not a kid, I would know if I was intimate with someone. And to the person who created that video, I hand you over to God.”
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