*Photo: Ifechukwu Dennis*
One Ifechukwu Dennis, he has been arrested by the Nigeria Police for faking the voice of President Bola Tinubu.
Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga disclosed this on Thursday night.
In a post on his Facebook page, Onanuga wrote: “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. Dennis was arrested in Benin. The police will issue an official statement.”
Dennis was arrested less than a week after a fake AI voice of Tinubu was released on the social media.
In the fake audio recording, an AI generated voice resembling that of the president made a series of inflammatory and politically sensitive remarks, including claims that insecurity in Nigeria’s South-East region was deliberate; that he pressured the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi to withdraw for him and that he was unconcerned about the hardship faced by Nigerians.