FAKE NEWS ALERT: INEC Disowns Statement Announcing Probe Of Tinubu

INEC has disowned a statement announcing the probe of Tinubu.

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Independent and National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied investigating the presidential candidate of the All progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over his alleged indictment for drug-dealing and money laundering in the United States in 1993.

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The commission was reacting to a fake statement that had been circulating on social media.

According to the fake statement, INEC was liaising with the Northern Illinois District Court in order to determine whether Tinubu had committed offences that contradict the INEC guidelines and Electoral Act 2022.

However, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disowned the statement on Saturday.

In a statement he shared on the verified Twitter handle of the commission, Okoye asked Nigerians to disregard the “press release.”

The INEC spokesman noted that the fake statement was the handiwork of mischief makers.

“A Press Release purported to have been issued by the Commission has been trending online since yesterday Friday 11th November 2022. It claims that the Commission has commenced investigation into a case of criminal forfeiture against one of the Presidential candidates in the forthcoming General Election and is liaising with a Court in the United States of America in pursuit of same to determine possible violation of our guidelines or the Electoral Act 2022,” the statement reads.

“We wish to state categorically that the said Press Release did not emanate from the Commission nor is it pursuing the purported course of action. It is the handiwork of mischief makers and utterly fake.

“Press Releases from the Commission are uploaded to the INEC Press Corps platform and simultaneously disseminated through our website and official social media handles.

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“The public is advised to ignore the Press Release.”

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