FAKE NEWS: WE ARE NOT PROBING TINUBU OVER ALLEGED UNITED STATES INDICTMENT – INEC
By ‘Leke Yusuf
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described as fake, news making the rounds in a section of the press that it is probing allegations of Indictment by the United States on Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement signed by Festus Okoye, the image maker of the Commission, he said “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.
“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 through our website and official social media handles.
“The public is advised to ignore the Press Release.”
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