- Presidency Demands Legal Action Against VeryDarkMan Over ‘Fake Tinubu Audio’
- Onanuga accuses VDM of spreading misinformation online.
- Viral Tinubu audio sparks reactions across social media platforms.
The Presidency has called for legal action against social media influencer, VeryDarkMan, over the circulation of an alleged fake audio purportedly involving President Bola Tinubu.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the call in a post shared on 𝕏 on Wednesday.
Onanuga accused VeryDarkMan, whose real name is Martins Vincent Otse, of spreading false content on social media and described the circulation of the audio as an abuse of digital platforms.
“This VDM needs to face the weight of the law for being the 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 wrote.
The presidential aide was reacting to a post by an 𝕏 user identified as Aneex, who questioned why some individuals believed the voice in the audio belonged to Tinubu.
The user described the recording as “cheap propaganda” and accused VeryDarkMan of taking advantage of public emotions to spread misinformation online.
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