Attempted Food Poisoning Video: It’s Fake News, Ignore It-Presidency

The presidency on Sunday described as untrue the story promoted on social media that a chef at the State House, Abuja has been arrested for attempted food poisoning while calling the viral video that gave birth to the rumours ‘deepfake’.

The presidency described the story as completely false and called it ‘fake news’ while adding that no such an arrest occurred at any point in time.

It had been rumoured that the chef was arrested over an alleged plot to poison President Bola Tinubu.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the president’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, who made the clarification in an x.com post on Sunday, made the video in question available and called it fake news.

‘Today we examine reports surrounding the shocking arrest of a presidential chef over an alleged plot to poison President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, an incident that has prompted swift intervention by a special police squad and triggered heightened security measures within the presidential environment.

According to preliminary information from security sources, the arrest followed intelligence alerts suggesting suspicious activities connected to food preparation procedures within restricted areas linked to presidential operations.

Authorities moved quickly after receiving credible reports that indicated a possible threat to the safety of the president, leading to a coordinated investigation involving specialised security personnel tasked with protecting national leadership.

Officials emphasized that the operation was carried out professionally and discreetly to avoid public panic while ensuring that all potential risks were neutralised.

The suspect, identified as a member of kitchen staff attached to presidential services, was reportedly taken into custody for questioning as investigators began examining evidence and verifying claims connected to the alleged poisoning attempt.

Security agencies have urged the public to remain calm, stressing that the investigation remains ongoing and that allegations do not automatically imply guilt until due process’ social media users submitted in the voice-over they did for the controversial video.

Mr Bayo Onanuga has however called it ‘fake news’ while urging Nigerians to disregard the video and its voice-over.

‘No Aso Rock kitchen staff arrested. No Aso Rock kitchen staff attempted to poison President Tinubu. Please ignore this fake news being disseminated by this video’ he submitted-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079,  08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you