The independent National Electoral Commission INEC says it's attention has been drawn to a fake news in form of a statement signed by ID Ijele, Director of New Media of the SDP Governorship campaign team in Kogi State alleging that the that three staff of INEC are at the time of the report maliciously reconfiguring the BVAS machines in the Government House, Lokoja, with the intention of manipulating the forthcoming Governorship election in a part of the State in favour of a candidate.
The chief press secretary of the commission, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi described the statement as false and untrue. He said all those tagged to the statement are not associated with the configuration of the BVAS.
The CPS said, " The three persons mentioned are not associated with the configuration of the BVAS machines and not even in Kogi State at the moment. Mr. Nicholas Ocholi is on his duty post in our Ondo State office in Akure. Ibrahim Egbunu is attending to a very close family member hospitalised in Abuja. Mohammed Adara retired last year and is no longer a staff of the Commission."
He also informed that the configuration of the BVAS is done in the state offices of INEC in the three states election. Are to hold and it's don simultaneously by special team deployed to do so from the COMMISIONS headquarters in Abuja.
"The configuration of BVAS is done simultaneously and exclusively in our offices in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States professionally and strictly handled by teams deployed from the national HQ, Abuja," he added.
Mr Oyekanmi however advised the public to disregard the story as fake news. At the same time, the Commission appeals to political parties to desist from engaging in malicious rumour mongering of this nature.
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