Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, says police have arrested Ifechukwu Dennis, the suspect accused of creating an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated voice note of President Bola Tinubu.
In an X post on Thursday, Onanuga said Dennis was arrested in Benin City, the capital of Edo state, by a crack team from the office of the inspector-general of police (IGP).
“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,” the presidential spokesperson wrote.
“Dennis was arrested in Benin. The police will issue an official statement.”
The arrest comes days after a controversial audio recording, generated using AI and made to sound like Tinubu, circulated widely on social media.
The voice note contained several inflammatory claims, including allegations that insecurity in the south-east was deliberate,
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