The Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has come beneath heavy criticism for posting what critics now alleged was an AI-generated image of his ‘meeting’ together with his Rwandan counterpart.

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday disclosed that he held a non-public lunch together with his Rwandan counterpart, President Paul Kagame, in Paris, France, the place each leaders mentioned international affairs and Africa’s place in a altering world.

In a publish shared on his verified X deal with, @officialABAT, President Tinubu mentioned the meeting centered on positioning Africa throughout the evolving international panorama.

“This afternoon, I had a non-public lunch with H. E. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda to debate the present state of world affairs and advancing Africa in an ever-changing international panorama,” the President wrote.

The meeting got here days after Tinubu departed Lagos for Europe on Sunday, December 28, 2025. His spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, had earlier confirmed in a press release that the President travelled to Europe to proceed his end-of-year break.

Nonetheless, shortly after the publish was shared, consideration shifted from the substance of the meeting to the image connected to it. Netizens shortly noticed what gave the impression to be a Grok AI watermark on the {photograph}, triggering widespread reactions and questions in regards to the authenticity of the image.

The image subsequently started trending on X, with many customers overtly questioning whether or not the meeting truly befell.

One person, Child yoo, reacted angrily, writing, “Mr President, please sack whoever generated this image so that you can publish publicly with the GROK watermark exhibiting. Sack your photographer too. Sack whoever accepted this publish. Sack your media crew too.”

One other person, Amanda chinda, wrote, “Nigeria don enter the period of ‘it occurred, however did it actually occur?’”

Ivina additionally expressed doubt, saying, “is Kagame conscious he had this meeting. If he was he would have not less than posted on his personal X web page. One thing is fishy”.

Equally, Mr Gerald requested, “Grok generated image? Is Kagame conscious he had this meeting?”

Mr Czar added, “Why is there a grok emblem on the backside proper of this image”.

Ademola additionally questioned the event, stating, “AI generated image ? What’s even actual on this administration at this level ‘cos if handler can’t even know you can not use an AI generated image for a presidential official presentation like this, omo smh!”

Nonetheless, in a press release issued on Monday, Senior Particular Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, mentioned the “image is actual and never AI generated as claimed”.

“Each President Kagame and President Tinubu met in Paris and had lunch collectively on Sunday. They two leaders later had dinner with President Macron the identical yesterday night. The image was taken with a cellphone and clearly had poor high quality,” Ajayi acknowledged, and went on to confess that the photographer “used grok to enhance the image high quality”.