𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐀𝐦𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐗 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 — 𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐂

 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the findings of a comprehensive independent forensic investigation which conclusively establishes that the social media account at the centre of a recent partisan controversy linked to its Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, was a sophisticated fabrication. 

In a detailed public statement issued on Monday, the Commission disclosed that a multi-layered digital probe uncovered "physically impossible" timestamp discrepancies, a complete absence of archived records, and a deliberate pattern of identity obfuscation, confirming that the account was part of a coordinated disinformation campaign. 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐲 @𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟓:𝟏𝟖:𝟐𝟎 𝐆𝐌𝐓, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝟒:𝟏𝟖 𝐏𝐌 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 @𝐣𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧, "𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞," 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟑 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝.

𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐂 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.