Nigeria, June 25 -- On Wednesday, May 27, 2026, a doctored video of Martins Vincent Otse (VeryDarkMan/VDM), which had been circulating on social media, caught the attention of Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu's media advisor. In the video, VDM appeared to reference an AI-generated voice of President Bola Tinubu saying insecurity in Nigeria would continue because Nigerians did not vote for him in 2023.

When the video came to Onanuga's attention, he quickly posted on social media. He vowed that VDM would face the "full weight" of the law upon his return to Nigeria for "being a conveyor and disseminator of a fake audio of President Tinubu."

"This is a clear case of an egregious abuse of the social media platform," Onanuga wailed.

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