Presidency Clears The Air As Photo Of Tinubu And Kagame's Paris Meeting Triggers AI Debate

The presidency has refuted claims that the photo of President Bola Tinubu with his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, taken in Paris, was AI-generated.

Earlier, Tori News reported that the photograph shared from Tinubu’s reported meeting with  Kagame in Paris had sparked online debate after users spotted a Grok watermark on the image.

However, a statement issued on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi said the claims are “misrepresentation of facts”.

According to the statement, the “picture is real and not AI generated as claimed”.

“Both President Kagame and President Tinubu met in Paris and had lunch together on Sunday.

“They two leaders later had dinner with President Macron same yesterday evening. The picture was taken with a phone and obviously had poor quality”.

He, however, admitted that the photographer “used grok to improve the picture quality”.

STOP PRESS

The narrative that the picture of Presidents Bola Tinubu and Paul Kagame taken in Paris yesterday was AI generated is not correct.

The media report and social media comments that followed are misrepresentation of facts.

The picture is real and not AI generated as…

— Temitope Ajayi (@TheTope_Ajayi) January 5, 2026