Claim: A Facebook user shared an image depicting a crowd of the United Democratic Party (UDP) during their presidential candidate’s nomination.
Verdict: False! Our findings show that the image has been doctored and generated through AI
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Fatou Jagne, a popular social media influencer and activist, posted a purported image of a crowd painted yellow and bearing “UDP” markings, depicting their appearance during their nomination.
Fatou Jagne made the post (archived here) on November, 9, 2026, and wrote, “The drone is here. This is the truth. Thank you #QtvGambia,” as the caption.
She made the post on Facebook, where it has generated 85 likes as of November 9, 2026.
The claim’s virality prompted Info-Checked to verify the authenticity of the posted image.
Verification
We searched online platforms during the nominations process and found that the United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and leader of the Gambia First Coalition UDP-led alliance arrived in a black car, not a white car as portrayed in the picture shared.
We ran the photo through AIorNOT and RockIMG to check for manipulation.
Both AI content detection tools showed signs of manipulation. AIorNOT showed a 22 per cent probability that the image was AI-generated.
RockIMG, however, puts AI-probability at 35 per cent and manipulation risk at 73 per cent.
Conclusion
Our findings show that the image of the UDP crowd at their nomination was manipulated to push the narrative. The image did not depict the actual crowd as portrayed. The claim is therefore false.
By Momodou Janneh
