The special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has confirmed that police have arrested Ifechukwu Dennis, the suspect accused of creating an artificial intelligence-generated voice note of President Bola Tinubu, in Benin City, the capital of Edo State.
In an X post on Thursday, Onanuga stated that a crack team from the office of the Inspector General of Police arrested Dennis, adding that the police will issue an official statement. The arrest comes days after a controversial audio recording, generated using AI and made to sound like Tinubu, circulated widely on social media, containing several inflammatory claims, including allegations that insecurity in the south east was deliberate and that the president had pressured Peter Obi to step down ahead of the last general election.
The audio gained wider attention after it was featured in a video posted on May 27 by social media activist Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan. Reacting to the video at the time, Onanuga called for the arrest of the activist, accusing him of disseminating false information and stating that he needs to face the weight of the law for being the conveyor and disseminator of a fake audio of President Tinubu.
The police have yet to issue an official statement on the arrest or disclose the charges that may be filed against the suspect.
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