Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has called for a full-scale investigation into the alleged leak of information from the Independent National Electoral Commission database.
He argued that the electoral body’s latest explanation raised more questions than answers.
INEC, in a statement on Tuesday, said it had launched an investigation into allegations of unauthorised access to its Continuous Voter Registration database and the subsequent disclosure of information relating to a candidate who participated in the recent primaries of a political party in the Federal Capital Territory.
The commission said it was treating the matter with utmost seriousness and had commenced a comprehensive probe to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.
It also revealed that the Department of State Services had independently commenced an investigation into the matter.
In the statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna, INEC
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