Presidency Confirms Photo of Tinubu and Kagame in Paris Is Authentic, Not AI-Generated
The Presidency has dismissed reports suggesting that a photograph of President Bola Tinubu with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, released on Sunday, was AI-generated.
Temitope Ajayi, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, clarified in a statement on Monday that the image is authentic. He confirmed that the two leaders met in Paris for lunch and later joined French President Emmanuel Macron for dinner.
“The claim that the picture of Presidents Bola Tinubu and Paul Kagame taken in Paris was AI-generated is not correct,” the statement said.
Ajayi added, “The Vanguard report and social media posts spreading this claim are a deliberate misrepresentation of facts. The picture is real. Both President Kagame and President Tinubu met in Paris for lunch and later attended dinner with President Macron. The photo was taken with a phone, which accounts for its lower quality. The photographer later used Grok to enhance the image, which does not make it AI-generated. Proper verification should have been done before drawing this incorrect conclusion.”
The Presidency said the false claims have created misleading narratives about the meeting and urged the media to verify information before publishing.
