https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-peter-obi-time-magazine-idUSL1N3581Y2

By Reuters Fact Check

A photo purporting to show Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi on the cover of the February 2023 edition of TIME magazine is fabricated, a spokesperson for the publication told Reuters.

“All eyes on Nigeria: Time for Africa’s sleeping giant to awaken,” reads the kicker on the supposed cover. Further text reads: “Peter Obi: His Labour party is favoured to win the Nigerian presidency. Are Nigerians finally ready to retire the old order and chart a new course?” (here).

Other examples of the fake cover can be viewed (here), (here), (here) and (here).

In an email to Reuters, a TIME spokesperson said: “This image is not an authentic TIME cover.”

TIME magazine keeps a public record of its previous front covers (time.com/vault/year/2023/). Reuters, however, found no cover featuring Obi in February 2023, per the publishing date on the image.

A Google keyword search for the cover did not yield any results either (/3KF8ZEQ).

TIME did publish a story on the 2023 Nigerian elections on its website, which can be viewed (here), but Reuters did not find any TIME cover dedicated to the elections.

This misinformation narrative surfaced online after Nigerians voted in presidential elections on Feb. 25. The Nigerian electoral commission has started announcing state-by-state results, Reuters reported (here).

VERDICT

Fabricated. No evidence that Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi featured on TIME magazine cover.

This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our fact-checking work here.

Mynd44
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Obi:

Let me quickly put some things straight here.

1. Tinubu won and he has won.

2. If you’re still talking about election robbery up till this moment then you’re lagging.

3. Anybody who is angry because Tinubu won is an Igbo person. Because a true Yoruba child should be happy now that they have their own at the helms of affairs. This is natural and applies to all.

4. This year i learnt two things.
a. Politics is a game of numbers and most importantly who you align with.
b. This year i learnt again that, in life, ‘Do For Who Do For You’

5. Most Obidients are confused people with shallow and clouded thinking pretending to be smart and think they have a say.

6. This is election was fare if we should really talk about fairness.

7. It is Tinubu till 2027. And if he wants, till 2031.

We know them....they peddle lies and propaganda and make them look like the truth and seeking public sympathy
They do these while crying all over the internet

Na wa o

I think part of the reason Obi failed i quest for presidency is because of his obidient mobs. They thrive on lies.

Smh. Thank God Nigeria dodged a bullet by not electing this guy. He's a repackaged fraud. His handlers did everything (by hook and by crook) to sell a damaged good as chasis to us. But like the attached screenshot below, thank God his prayer was answered.

The way these guys lie and try to force it down our throat is alarming. After lying, they switch to accuse the APC guys of their own crime! 🤧

Even Charly boy girl joined the bandwagon of those non entity peddling fake news. 🤣

OkutaNla:
Smh. Thank God Nigeria dodged a bullet by not electing this guy. He's a repackaged fraud. His handlers did everything (by hook and by crook) to sell a damaged good as chasis to us. But like the attached screenshot below, thank God his prayer was answered.

I'm now convinced that Ibos had a dangerous agenda that God does not want to allow to come to pass in Nigeria, hence Obi's failure. Because their desperation is just too much.

Smh.