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IN SHORT: According to a video with thousands of views on Facebook, Nigerian influencer Aproko Doctor has developed a product that cures hypertension, and it saved the life of actor Taiwo Ajai-Lycett. But be warned: no such product exists, and the video is AI-generated.
A video on Facebook shows veteran actor and journalist Taiwo Ajai-Lycett appearing to talk about her hypertension diagnosis and how she "almost died" from a stroke.
She says: "Doctors diagnosed me with hypertension, and I immediately started treatment. I followed all their advice and recommendations, but in the end, I ended up in intensive care with a stroke and almost died. No one could help me."
Ajai-Lycett also promotes a product she says has been developed by Nigerian medical doctor and influencer Chinonso Egemba, popularly known as Aproko Doctor.
"I tried his treatment method. Within a week, I recovered," she says.
The video also shows Egemba seemingly corroborating Ajai-Lycett's story.
He says: "I call doctors and people idiots who, in 2025, are still trying to treat hypertension with pharmaceutical drugs ... We developed a medication based on a new formula that lowers blood pressure in three days and starts cleaning the vessels from the inside."
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a serious medical condition in which blood exerts too much pressure against the walls of the arteries.
The video has been viewed over 98,000 times.
But is there any truth to it? We checked.
AI-generated video
There are signs that the video might have been created using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Ajai-Lycett and Egemba have distinct natural voices, which can be heard here and here. Their voices in the circulating video sound machine-generated and different from their real voices.
There are also unnatural pauses in their speech and in some parts of the video, the voices seem to be out of sync with the mouth movements. This is a common trend with AI-generated videos.
This is not the first time Egemba's image has been used to promote such products. In 2025 and 2024, the influencer debunked similar AI-generated videos of him promoting a product that cleans blood vessels and a cure for high blood pressure.
When celebrities fall ill, the media usually reports on it. Ajai-Lycett has been making headlines for many years, but there has been no report of her being sick.
It is also strange that neither Ajai-Lycett nor Egemba mentions the product's name. If such a cure for hypertension really existed, it would've been widely covered in medical journals and credible news sites.
Hypertension can't be cured. If not treated, it can put people at risk for stroke, heart attack and other problems. It can be managed by reducing stress, eating healthily and exercising regularly. In some cases, medication might be needed to control it.
The video in question is a deepfake. This is a type of video in which someone, often a public figure, is impersonated using AI tools to make it look like they are saying or doing something they haven't said or done.
For tips on spotting AI-generated images and videos, see Africa Check's guide.