Image of crowd. Photo Source: Point Newspaper Gambia
Claim: A local newspaper shared an image depicting a large crowd of the National People’s Party (NPP) militants at the nomination of Adama Barrow.
Verdict: False! Our findings show that the images used are doctored and AI-generated.
Full Text
Point Newspaper Gambia, a local newspaper, posted a purported image of a large crowd of National People’s Party supporters at the nomination of Adama Jallow at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
Point Newspaper published the images on its Facebook page on November 10, 2026, depicting a large crowd of supporters gathering at the nomination.
The post’s caption read, “Jubilant NPP Supporters Turn Out for President Barrow’s Nomination.”
As of Nov. 10, 2026, the post had generated 55 likes, 23 comments, and 4 shares. The images further attracted mixed reactions among other Facebook users.
Marie Njie, who believed the claim, wrote, “Only victory insahalla wee barrow.”
Another user, Wandifa Drammeh, said, “Wee-wee Barrow.”
However, Dawda Jallow-dj described the images as non-differentiating between AI and reality. He wrote: “POINT NEWSPAPER Gambia, you can’t even differentiate between AI and reality. A whole press house. Chei yallah.”
The conflicting comments and the virality of the images prompted Info-Checked to verify the authenticity of the posted image.
Verification
Our research online during the nomination period found images of the NPP crowd published by an online media.
A screengrab image of the NPP crowd. Photo Source: Fatu Network
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 and 31 per cent deepfake probability that the image was AI-generated.
RockIMG, however, puts AI-probability at 45 per cent and manipulation risk at 74 per cent.
Other Facebook platforms shared similar images here, here, and here.
Analysis of the image. Source: RockIMG
Conclusion
Our findings show that the image of the NPP crowd at their nomination was AI manipulated . The image did not depict the actual crowd as portrayed. The claim is therefore false.
By: Momodou Janneh
