Nollywood actor Emeka Ike has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Lere Olayinka, the media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over an alleged breach of his personal data privacy.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1272/2026 was filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, June 15.
Mr Ike is demanding N10 billion in damages.
The legal action follows an incident in May when Olayinka shared screenshots on the social media platform X showing details of the actor’s voter registration transfer from Imo State to Abuja.
Olayinka posted the information, which appeared to have been retrieved from a restricted INEC administrative portal, while questioning the actor’s eligibility to contest a House of Representatives seat in Abuja.
The post drew widespread criticism from Nigerians who accused the media aide of obtaining unauthorized access to a password-protected backend system reserved for electoral officials.
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