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Presidential Aide Sparks Fury with AI-Generated Photo of Tinubu

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"g3KSJihB" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Czvyc7be" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>On Sunday night&comma; Presidential aide Dada Olusegun posted an AI-generated image on X depicting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu meeting with Rwanda’s President&comma; Paul Kagame&comma; in Paris&period; The image&comma; bearing a visible Grok watermark&comma; was shared alongside claims that the two leaders had met that day in the French capital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The fabricated visuals have ignited a firestorm online&comma; with netizens demanding answers&period; Many are questioning why an AI-generated image was necessary to portray a meeting with Rwanda’s President&period; A deeper&comma; more troubling question has also emerged&colon; Is this a deliberate attempt to create the illusion of a fully engaged and active President while&comma; in reality&comma; his condition and whereabouts are being obscured&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The controversy feeds directly into recent&comma; unverified reports circulating widely that President Tinubu’s current trip to Europe is primarily for urgent medical treatment&comma; allegedly due to a deterioration in his health&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"gHdevGwc" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Analysts suggest the AI imagery could be a rushed effort at damage control&comma; designed to quell growing public skepticism about the undisclosed purpose of his travel&period; The move&comma; they argue&comma; may inadvertently signal that the President is not in good health and that the administration is attempting to manage perceptions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Officially&comma; the Presidency announced on December 28&comma; 2025&comma; that Tinubu would travel to Europe before proceeding to Abu Dhabi for the 2026 Sustainability Week Summit at the invitation of UAE President His Highness Shaikh Mohammed Bin Zayed AlNahyan&period; However&comma; this narrative is now under intense scrutiny&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The speculation is fueled by precedent&period; In April 2025&comma; Sahara Reporters published a report claiming President Tinubu was receiving treatment at a hospital in France&period; If the current rumors of another medical trip are verified&comma; it would mark the second such occurrence in less than a year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This escalating situation has drawn sharp observations from political commentators&comma; who warn that a leader with recurring serious health issues raises profound concerns about stability and capacity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the 2027 presidential election on the horizon&comma; many are already stating that a president in evidently deteriorating health must not be re-elected&comma; 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