Operatives of the Force Intelligence Department–Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT) have questioned the Senior Special Assistant on Social Media to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Lere Olayinka and detained an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) official over the alleged unauthorised release of a voter’s registration record.
Sources who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the matter publicly, said the investigation was triggered by a petition alleging cyber-related offences and the unauthorised disclosure of confidential documents containing the personal information of actor Emeka Ike.
It said the detained official, an electoral officer with INEC assigned to the Abuja Municipal Area Council, is under investigation for allegedly disclosing confidential voter registration records in connection with a political controversy that emerged during a party primary election.
“We have had the Electoral Officer for the Abuja Municipal Area Council in our custody since yesterday.
“Also, Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, was invited and questioned over the Emeka Ike matter.
“A top security aide to the INEC chairman petitioned the police over allegations of criminal conspiracy, cyber intimidation, the leaking of classified documents, and conduct likely to breach public peace, all of which are connected to the Emeka Ike case,” one of the sources told our correspondent.
According to the security source, the incident began on May 29, 2026, when protesters gathered at the INEC office in AMAC, alleging irregularities in an ongoing primary election.