VeryDarkMan Must Face Law Over Alleged Fake Tinubu Audio, Presidency Fumes
A fresh controversy has erupted around social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, following the circulation of an alleged fake audio said to involve President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Presidency on Wednesday insisted that VDM should face legal consequences over the viral audio, which officials described as fabricated and misleading.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the position known in a post on X, accusing the influencer of spreading false content across social media 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.
PulseNets learnt that the presidential aide was responding to a post by an X user identified as Aneex, who questioned why some Nigerians believed the voice in the controversial audio belonged to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The X user reportedly described the recording as “cheap propaganda” and alleged that VDM was capitalising on public emotions to circulate misinformation online.
