The Independent National Electoral Commission has debunked a widely publicised report attributed to a well known Lagos politician Chief Olabode George that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed one Femi Odubiyi, a former Commissioner in Lagos State and an associate of a prominent politician, as its Head of ICT. Nothing can be further from the truth.
National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye in a press statement on Tuesday said to set the record straight, the name “Femi Odubiyi” does not even exist within our ICT Department at the INEC headquarters in Abuja or any State office of the Commission.
The statement further read
"Our ICT staff are career officers of the Commission. None has held any political appointment in any State of the Federation.
"The public is urged to disregard the story. Its promoter should have been circumspect so as not to be seen as a purveyor of fake news".