Our ICT Director not Lagos former Commissioner — INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked the claim by the former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode George, that its Director of ICT, is a former Commissioner for Science and Technology in Lagos State, Femi Odubiyi.

Bode George had earlier urged the Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to remove the commission’s Director of ICT, for found his way into INEC as head of ICT, a critical department before, during, and after elections.

INEC in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye on Tuesday said “Femi Odubiyi” does not exist within their ICT Department either in headquarters or any State office of the Commission.

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In a statement titled “Alleged appointment of a partisan person as head of ICT” stated that its ICT staff are career officers and none of them has held any political appointment in any State of the Federation.

INEC statement read, “The attention of the Commission has been drawn to a widely publicised report attributed to a well known Lagus politician, Chicf Olabode George, that the Independent National Electoral Commussion (INEC) has appointed one Femi Odubiyi, a former Commussioner in Lagos State and an associaic 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 8 purveyor of fake news.”