INEC denies appointing ex-Lagos commissioner as ICT head

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied appointing a former commissioner in Lagos State, Femi Odubiyi, as the head of its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Department.

INEC, while reacting to a claim by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, via a statement issued on Tuesday, said the commission did not appoint Odubiyi into any position.

The statement issued by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, read: “The attention of the Commission has been drawn to 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.

“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.

“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,” Okoye stated.

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