The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said the Commission has not appointed a former Commissioner in Lagos state and an associate of a prominent politician as it’s head of ICT.

The Commission in a statement signed by Mr. Festus Okoye,Esq.National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee said a report attributed to a Lagos politician, Chief Olabode George was false .

His words: “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”, he stressed.

According to him the Commission’s ICT staff are career officers adding that none of them 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 a purveyor of fake news”, he warned.

Chief George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had on Monday urged the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, to remove Mr. Femi Odubiyi, whom he described as the Commission’s head of ICT because of his alleged closeness to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Chief George, in a press statement he personally signed on Monday, stated that the first thing Prof. Yakubu must do was to explain to Nigerians how Odubiyi, a former Commissioner for Science and Technology in Lagos State, a critical department before, during and after elections.

“Today, millions of Nigerians are disputing the outcome of the February 25 Presidential elections and some candidates are already in court. BVAS and IReV are very critical in the legal process that is going on.

“Nigerians are already asking Prof. Mahmood Yakubu: How did this man, former Commissioner in Lagos State, find his way into INEC, not just any Department but a critical one like ICT?

“That Department is very sensitive. Why should a follower of a presidential candidate be deployed to man a sensitive department like ICT in an election year?

“How did he even get his way into INEC? Do we have acolytes of Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and other candidates heading other departments in INEC? Nigerians need to know.Chief George said in the statement