The presidency has called for social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), to face legal action over the circulation of an alleged fake audio involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the call in a post on X on Wednesday, accusing the influencer of spreading false content on social media.

“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,” Onanuga wrote.

Onanuga was reacting to a post by an X user identified as Aneex, who questioned why some people believed the voice in the viral audio belonged to Tinubu.

In the viral video, VDM used the alleged leaked audio to urge Nigerians not to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in the 2027 polls. (Vanguard)