On Wednesday, May 27, 2026, a doctored video of Martins Vincent Otse (VeryDarkMan/VDM), which had been circulating on social media, caught the attention of Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu's media advisor. In the video, VDM appeared to reference an AI-generated voice of President Bola Tinubu saying insecurity in Nigeria would continue because Nigerians did not vote for him in 2023.
When the video came to Onanuga's attention, he quickly posted on social media. He vowed that VDM would face the "full weight" of the law upon his return to Nigeria for "being a 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 wailed.
Really? What was in the Tinubu audio that terrified Aso Rock?
Onanuga, a veteran journalist, did not bother to check whether VDM actually made the video. He did not verify that it appeared on VDM's social media accounts. He seemed to think: "We got him. We need to teach him a lesson for criticizing Tinubu."
