Nigeria, May 27 -- On Wednesday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, called for the prosecution of activist Martins "VeryDarkMan (VDM)" Otse, accusing him of disseminating a fake audio linked to the president.

However, the presidency's call for VDM's persecution over alleged AI-generated voice notes attributed to President Bola Tinubu appears to have been based on a manipulated video that did not originate from the activist's original post.

PREMIUM TIMES findings showed that the viral clip circulating online was created after an unidentified individual extracted footage from VDM's original Instagram video and inserted AI-generated voice notes resembling President Tinubu's voice, creating the f...