Content creator Femi Unfiltered has spoken out against the arrest of Ifechukwu Dennis, the suspect accused of creating an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated voice note of President Bola Tinubu.
Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, says police have arrested Dennis in connection with the AI voice note
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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.”
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The clip, which surfaced around May 27, was reposted by Dennis from a fake page, according to investigator Femi Unfiltered, who now demands his release and questions the rushed action.
Femi said in a recorded video: ““Why would you order the DSS to arrest this young man over a video I posted without first reaching out to me? I conducted the entire investigation myself, and after further findings, I discovered that he was neither the creator of the VeryDarkMan video nor the audio attributed to President Tinubu. I have also contacted my lawyers and instructed them to take immediate legal steps to secure his release.”
