‎Police arrest suspect linked to doctored Tinubu voice note

‎The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a suspect allegedly responsible for creating and circulating an AI-generated voice note falsely attributed to President Bola Tinubu.
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‎The arrest was announced on Thursday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who identified the suspect as Ifechukwu Dennis.
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‎According to him, the suspect was apprehended by a police special operations team following investigations into the controversial audio recording.
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‎The manipulated voice note sparked widespread debate after it circulated on social media in late May.
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‎The recording, which allegedly mimicked President Tinubu’s voice using artificial intelligence technology, contained controversial remarks on insecurity, the 2023 presidential election, and the welfare of Nigerians.
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‎The controversy gained further attention after the audio appeared in a viral video associated with social media activist , Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan.
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‎The Presidency had earlier described the recording as fake and warned against the spread of misinformation online.
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‎Authorities said the arrest followed efforts to trace the origin of the fabricated recording.
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‎The Presidency has maintained that the audio did not originate from President Tinubu and described its circulation as a deliberate attempt to mislead the public.
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‎The police have not yet released full details of the investigation or disclosed any additional charges that may be filed against the suspect.
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‎However, officials say inquiries into the creation and dissemination of the doctored recording are ongoing.