Forensic investigation shows Amupitan’s alleged X account was fabricated – INEC

Adedayo Oketola, the Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said that the X relationship attributed to the Commission’s Chairman is fake and portion of a coordinated disinformation campaign.

In a connection issued connected Monday successful Abuja, Oketola disclosed that a comprehensive, multi-layered forensic probe conducted by autarkic cybersecurity experts has conclusively established that the INEC president does not run immoderate idiosyncratic X account.

He said: “The Independent National Electoral Commission, committed to a afloat forensic investigation, commissioned an autarkic forensic cybersecurity expert, who conducted a multi-layered forensic and integer probe utilizing X level data, net archive records, OSINT tools, individuality forensics, and cross-platform analysis.”

Oketola stressed that each posts, replies, and screenshots linking the Chairman to the grip @joashamupitan are fraudulent, forensically unverifiable, and technically impossible.

The contention began connected April 10, 2026, erstwhile viral societal media posts alleged that the Chairman ma...