The Independent National electoral commission has clarified that it is not investigating any criminal forfeiture against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Reports earlier insisted that the commission was studying the certified true copy of the criminal forfeiture order against Tinubu in the United States.
Meanwhile, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye, clarified in a statement on Saturday.
It read:
“It claims that the commission has commenced investigation into a case of criminal forfeiture against one of the Presidential candidates in the forthcoming General Election and is liaising with a Court in the United States of America in pursuit of same to determine possible violation of our guidelines or the Electoral Act 2022.
“We wish to state categorically that the said press release did not emanate from the commission nor is it pursuing the purported course of action. It is the handiwork of mischief makers and utterly fake.”
He said that press releases from the commission are uploaded to the INEC Press Corps platform and simultaneously disseminated through its website and official social media handles.
He hence urged the public to ignore the press release it was studying Tinubu’s case.
