Presidency Fumes Over Fake Tinubu Audio Note To Obi

The Presidency has reacted to a viral alleged WhatsApp voice note claiming that President Bola Tinubu begged Labour Party’s Peter Obi to step down ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The audio, which has been widely circulated on social media and shared by activist and online critic Martins Vincent Otse, triggered fresh controversy online after it was used to question the President’s political dealings and credibility.

Responding on Wednesday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, dismissed the recording as fake and strongly condemned its circulation.

Onanuga described the audio as a fabrication and called for legal action against VeryDarkMan, whom he accused of spreading false information 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,” he wrote on X.

In the viral content, VeryDarkMan allegedly used the audio to call on Nigerians to reject President Tinubu’s re-election bid in the 2027 general elections.

The development comes just days after President Tinubu secured the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress at the party’s nationwide direct primary held on Saturday, May 23, 2026.

During the exercise, Tinubu reportedly polled 10,999,162 votes, defeating his sole challenger, APC chieftain Stanley Osifo, who secured 16,503 votes from over 12 million registered party members.

Meanwhile, opposition figures are already positioning ahead of 2027, with Peter Obi expected to fly the flag of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), while former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is also expected to lead the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ticket.

Both Obi and Tinubu, who hail from the southern region, are projected to face a tightly contested election as political alignments continue to take shape ahead of 2027.