—–Says it is the hand work of mischief makers, reaffirms Commission’s mandate to deliver free, fair and credible elections come 2027.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has disowned an X profile impersonating him, describing it as a ‘malicious and coordinated campaign of calumny.’

In a Friday statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Adedayo Oketola, the Chairman stated that he does not own or operate any personal account on X.

An account went viral on X on Friday under the chairman’s name, resurfacing old political commentary from the build-up to the 2023 elections.

According to the statement, Oketola described the X post as a desperate attempt to impugn the integrity and neutrality of the Chairman at a critical period when the Commission is focused on significant electoral reforms, stressing that the fabrication is a continued criminal pattern aimed at exploiting the Commission’s profile for illicit gains.

The statement reads, “The attention of the Office of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has been drawn to a malicious and coordinated campaign of calumny circulating on social media. The false claim alleges that the INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has, in the past, endorsed a partisan post on the platform X (formerly Twitter).