Presidency Seeks Legal Action Against VDM Over Alleged Fake Tinubu Audio
Presidency Seeks Legal Action Against VDM Over Alleged Fake Tinubu Audio
The Presidency has called for legal action against social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VDM, over the circulation of an alleged fake audio linked to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, condemned the spread of the recording, describing it as a misuse of social media platforms.
Reacting in a post on X on Wednesday, Onanuga accused VDM of distributing false content and insisted that the matter should be addressed legally.
“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,” he wrote.
The presidential aide’s reaction followed comments by an X user identified as Aneex, who questioned claims that the voice in the circulating recording belonged to President Tinubu.
The user described the audio as “cheap propaganda” and accused VDM of taking advantage of public sentiment to spread misleading information online.
The controversy has continued to generate reactions across social media platforms, with many users debating the authenticity of the audio and raising concerns over the spread of unverified content online.
