INEC Speaks On Rumour That Adamawa State Rec Received $1M From Atiku

INEC Debunks Fake News On Facebook About Adamawa State REC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has debunked rumours that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, offered the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa State, Kashim Gaidam, $1m or a house in Dubai.

INEC said this in a Facebook post while reacting to social media rumours that Atiku had compromised the Adamawa elections.

A report which trended on social media on Monday read in part, “Breaking News: I rejected Atiku’s $1m bribe plus a house in Dubai- Adamawa REC”.

While responding to the post, however, INEC wrote, “The Adamawa INEC REC completely dissociates himself from the allegation that he had an offer of $1m and a house in Dubai as no offer whatsoever was ever made to him by anyone.”

The INEC REC, who threatened court action against those behind the news, emphasised that he had never met Atiku in his life.

“I’ve never had any contact with Atiku all my life. I can state without fear of contradiction that Atiku probably does not know how I look, because I’ve never met him personally, all my life. I was shocked to read what was credited to me by some unscrupulous persons,” he said.

Naija News also recalls that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Adams Oshiomhole while speaking  yesterday at the part’s caucus meeting alleged that the INEC and its officials informed the PDP of its plan to postpone the election before taking the action.

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The Adamawa INEC REC completely disassociates himself from the allegation that he had an offer of $1m and a house in Dubai as no offer whatsoever was ever made to him by any one.#NigeriaDecides2019 pic.twitter.com/ptAB3gR1cV

— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) February 18, 2019