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Claim: Viral audio alleged John Mahama advocates lying to electorates to get their vote ahead of the election

Verdict: False
EXPLANATION
Researchers under the Ghana Fact-checking Coalition listened to the audio content and made a manual comparison with other interviews with John Mahama, and they found some voice discrepancies. AI audio detection tools like Deepware and Hiya Deepfake voice detectors were also used. These tools rated the viral audio as 62% inauthentic and flagged it as suspicious while the other interviews were rated as 99% and 77% authentic.