INEC Chairman Amupitan denies working X account used to assist President Tinubu in 2023 election

Politics

By Linda Ikeji
12 November 2026, 10:09 pm

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has denied working an account on X after a profile linked to him was alleged to have expressed assist for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the course of the 2023 common elections.

“I have never operated an X account. The account was never linked to my email,” Amupitan reportedly stated. The account, beforehand recognized by the deal with @joashamupitan, reportedly replied to a submit by former APC National Youth Leader Dayo Israel celebrating the occasion’s victory in a predominantly Igbo neighborhood in Lagos. The reply learn, “Victory is sure.”

The submit drew scrutiny over Amupitan’s impartiality as head of the fee chargeable for overseeing Nigeria’s elections. INEC had earlier stated he didn’t personal or function a private account on X.

In a press release on 10 April 2026, INEC’s Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser, Adedayo Oketola, described the allegations as fabricated and supposed to undermine the credibility of the chairman and the fee. INEC additionally stated fraudulent accounts had allegedly been created in Amupitan’s identify to mislead and defraud members of the general public. It stated it was working with safety businesses and cyber-intelligence models to determine these behind the suspected impersonation.

An investigation by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), republished by FactCheckHub, discovered similarities between the partially hidden e-mail and cellphone particulars displayed by X for account restoration and get in touch with info related to Amupitan. The report stated conclusively establishing who operated the account would require information held by X, together with login historical past, IP addresses and machine information, which had been unavailable to the general public.

INEC’s Director of Information and Communication Technology, Lawrence Bayode, stated the fee had but to acquire verified forensic proof linking Amupitan to the account. He stated INEC had referred the matter to safety businesses and was contemplating an unbiased forensic examination.

The dispute has renewed scrutiny of INEC’s transparency and impartiality because the fee prepares for the 2027 common elections.

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