Ijoba Lande, the Nigerian comedian, has claimed he is being blackmailed with a deepfake AI video that falsely depicts him in a compromising situation with a married woman.
The comedian took to his Instagram page on Sunday to raise the alarm, calling for urgent government regulation of artificial intelligence to prevent what he described as an impending wave of damage from such malicious content.
Lande also alleged that an unknown individual sent him the fabricated video, which showed him naked in bed with a woman and demanded N5 million to prevent its release.
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, he said.
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 N5 million. If you are the one behind it, just delete it. I am not the person in it.
In a follow-up post, Lande revealed the situation has escalated, adding that the video is now being circulated among his network of benefactors and contacts, casting doubt on his character and threatening his livelihood.
He disclosed that the woman featured in the deepfake is married to a senator.
What do you gain from ruining people’s lives? The video I complained about a few days ago is already causing me problems, he said.
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.
In March, Lande’s marriage collapsed after he accused his Darasimi of infidelity with over 20 men in the entertainment industry, including Baba Tee.
While Baba Tee admitted to a brief encounter during a Truth or Dare game, Darasimi denied it, insisting she only sat on his lap.
