Ekiti 2026: INEC warns against fake news, premature results declaration ahead of election

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has warned journalists, broadcasters and online media practitioners against the dispersed of fake news, misinformation and premature declaration of predetermination results up of the Ekiti State governorship predetermination scheduled for Saturday, June 20, 2026.

The Commission said inaccurate reporting, manipulated videos, misleading headlines and unverified polling portion figures posed superior threats to the peaceful behaviour of elections and nationalist assurance successful the antiauthoritarian process.

The informing was issued connected Tuesday, May 26, 2026, astatine the INEC Media Stakeholders’ Forum held successful Ado-Ekiti for media executives, producers, reporters and on-air personalities up of the governorship election.

Speaking connected behalf of the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Mohammed Kudu Haruna, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ekiti State, Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi, said the media remained a captious spouse successful protecting the integrity of the electoral process.

He said the Commission was peculiarly acrophobic astir the increasing dispersed of mendacious predetermination accusation connected societal medi...