ABUJA, Nigeria — The Nigeria Police Force has successfully arrested a suspect, identified as Ifechukwu Dennis, for allegedly creating and distributing a cloned, AI-generated voice note designed to mimic President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, officially confirmed the high-profile arrest on Thursday afternoon, June 4, 2026, via a public disclosure on his verified X account.
Okay News reports that the breakthrough operation was executed by a specialized crack team operating directly under the command of the Inspector-General of Police. Dennis is accused of fabricating the synthetic audio and maliciously passing it off across various digital networks as an authentic leaked recording of the president to deceive targeted individuals.
“The IGP crack team has arrested Ifechukwu Dennis who originated the fake voice that he passed on to his gullible targets as President Tinubu’s voice,” Onanuga stated, highlighting law enforcement’s intensifying crackdown on deepfakes and digital manipulation. The arrest effectively caps off a week of intense public controversy that began on May 27, 2026, when popular social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan, amplified the audio file in a viral video, sparking widespread national security debates over the weaponization of artificial intelligence in Nigeria’s political landscape.
