The Igbo Community Association, Federal Capital Territory (ICA FCT), has raised alarm over what it alleged as the unlawful access to the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the FCT Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike’s aide.

The statement issued by the President and Secretary General, Engr Ikenna-Elis Ezenekwe and Mazi Emmanuel Chinwoke Onah, followed a recent public controversy involving Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.

A recent post shared by Olayinka on the social media platform X displayed a screenshot revealing direct access to an internal INEC secure administrative database—a portal strictly restricted to authorised INEC ICT staff and data managers.

The ICA FCT describes this development as a clear and dangerous security breach that compromises the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral infrastructure.

The association is putting forward several critical questions to the electoral umpire and the Presidency: “How did a political appointee and ministerial aide obtain backend administrative access to INEC’s sensitive data pages?”

“Did leadership within INEC officially grant this access, or is the commission unaware of this severe external data compromise?

“Does this exposure imply that the manipulation and rigging of the 2027 general elections have already commenced behind the scenes?

“The Igbo community in Abuja demands immediate, transparent explanations from INEC and the Tinubu administration regarding who will be held accountable for this violation of national data privacy laws.

“We formally call upon the international community to closely monitor these unfolding political developments in Nigeria” he said.

The group warns that ignoring early signs of institutional compromise and electoral manipulation risks creating widespread, unmanageable civil unrest.