NewStats: 3,265,115 , 8,185,712 topics. Date: Friday, 13 June 2025 at 02:10 PM 1q6f3d

The Independent National Electoral Commission has denied appointing a former Commissioner in Lagos State, Femi Odubiyi, as its head of the Information and Communications Technology department.

This is coming following the claim of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, [/b]that the former commissioner was made INEC’s ICT head.

In a statement on Sunday, [b]the former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP said the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, must remove Odubiyi as the Commission’s ICT head because of his closeness to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress and President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

He said the first thing Yakubu must do was to explain to Nigerians how the former Commissioner for Science and Technology in Lagos State allegedly found his way into INEC as head of ICT, “a critical department before, during and after elections.”

Dismissing the claim in a statement late Tuesday, INEC through its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the widely publicised report (not The PUNCH) attributed to Bode George was a false claim. “Nothing can be farther from the truth,” Okoye 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.”

INEC said its ICT staff were career officers of the Commission, adding “none has held any political appointment in any state of the Federation.”

“The public is urged to disregard the story. The promoter should have been circumspect so as not to be seen as a purveyor of fake news.”

https://punchng.com/inec-denies-appointing-ex-lagos-commissioner-as-ict-head

They will always deny

Peter Pandora Obituary's ers are cancer to our democracy
They can lie, bullying and intimidating anyone

The day zombiedients will stop lying, they will break free from the curse that APGA placed on Peter Obi.

As for Atiku who has been nursing cyber attacks as his Dubai strategy since 2019, we await the regular customer in 2027.

Inec is just playing with about 250 million Nigerians

See The energy with which INEC is denying.

Hmmm ...

Throwback:
The day zombiedients will stop lying, they will break free from the curse that APGA placed on Peter Obi.

Useless post
Read the party that complained

Nobody is surprised,after all APC is led by a druglord & head thug

Can INEC now tell us what caused the glitch, since they've come out from their silence!

shuttox:

Useless post
Read the party that complained

You are always quick to react like Andrews LiverSalt inside water.

I was only flogging LP first, does not mean I will not flog the senior brother called PDP.

PDLP are one and the same.

Yet he couldn't drop the name of the actual ICT head, since it is not a stealth organization.

Confession time , INEC should have simply avoid this nonsense if they have done what they preached. Telling someone you will be coming with white but showing up with blue and trying to explain later is a sign of mistrust, why not call this person even before you show up. Why not tell them BVAS won't be used a day before election and hence proceeds or extend if parties involve will comply or not, because this man want to rig without thinking the repercussion of the rigging, I still believe Tinubu can still win but Obi should reset their brains, if you abuse Sanwo Olu today, he will tell you thank you. If you curse him, he will shed tears and still apologize, power belong to the people until after election.

This Wereys just de do anything they like...

Cursed country

Bode George is suffering another defeat. This self exile, this man must go. He should allow this country to breathe. We cannot continue in this incompetent way. Nations are not built on bad belle and jealousy principles. We need to see eye to eye on some issues in the interest of the country. Give us a credible opposition. Give us alternative policies and programmes instead of grandstanding. With your military background, I thought you learnt bscktackin g and withdrawal when the fire power of the enemy sures yours. In this case, there is no enemy. You created the enemy by yourself. Trace back, forgive and forget before you return to the county in 2031. Almighty will spare our lives. See you then Sir

Then who be their ict man tell us,I rather trust a car with no brake than INEC.

Professor Yakubu should have just ignored this noise makers and keep focus on the job at hand. Haba.

For Nigeria to have any credible elections, a completely independent body where staff are not appointed by the government should be in charge of our elections, or a firm outside Nigeria with no ties to the government of the day

“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.”


Why are the supposed elders of this Nation , following fake news for goodness sake

They have the necessary resources to ask the right questions from appropriate quarters, but they won't, because of the reasons best known to them.

The other day, it was Dino Melaye following a social media news about Ekiti results, and he went on to display madness on National TV at the collation centre..something that was false..

Same with PDP National Chairman, alleging that some Presidential election results of two states were same for political parties as scored in 2019 and 2023,.a claim that was false...

What will it take these leaders to FACTCHEcK before making avoidable mistakes

It is well

Denied

nkemoma:
This Wereys just de do anything they like...

Cursed country

the good thing is that na everybody dey suffer the consequences of these bad unacceptable behaviours including them them one way or the other.

INEC is a criminal organization.

Yakubu Mahmoud is the head of a criminal syndicate

What they organized on 25/02/2023 is a criminal activity.

The man they declared winner is a criminal drug lord.

If you lie to me once and I fell for it, it's normal. Because I'm a human being. But if you lie to me the second time and I fell for it then it becomes stupidity on my part. Eye Neck , Eye Neck and High Neck. I don hear. Meanwhile I stopped reading when I saw the news source

and re every news! Unless you're an obidient!

Masters of Denial

We are used to Govt denying the obvious truth.

Sanwo olu denied calling armies to shoot at toll gate
Also Denied there were casualties at the toll gate
Tinubu denied coming from Osun state
APC denied bullion went to tinubus house (claimed it miss road )
Wike denied rigging election for APC
Desmond Elliot denied telling Mr speaker to ban youths from using internet.
D list of denial is endless
Una think say we be fool…

Season of political lies and counter lies.

Look before you leap!