The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied appointing Femi Odubiyi as the head of its ICT department.
The commission made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja.
On Sunday, a Lagos politician and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Olabode Goerge said that the commission had appointed Mr. Odubiyi, a former commissioner in Lagos state and associate of a prominent politician as its Head of ICT
George 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, Bola Ahmed 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”
But reacting in a statement signed by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voters Education Committee ., said it is not true.
In a statement on Sunday, 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.”
Okoye urged the general public to disregard the story
