INEC Disowns Letter On PDP NWC Resolution, Ekiti Primary – Nigeria Latest Breaking Gist News Today

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a letter that it purportedly approved the resolution of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) meeting and postponement of the Ekiti State congress/governorship primary election.

INEC’s director of voter education and publicity, Victoria Eta-Messi in a statement yesterday said the signature of the secretary to the commission appended on the letter
was forged by unscrupulous elements.

Eta-Messi said the commission was collaborating with security agencies to investigate the matter and ensure the perpetrators are apprehended and prosecuted according to the law.

“The attention of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been drawn to a correspondence currently in circulation on various platforms, dated November 10, 2025, concerning the Resolution of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) Meeting and postponement of the Ekiti State Congress/Governorship Primary, purported to have been issued and signed by the Secretary to the Commission.

“The commission hereby states unequivocally that the said correspondence did not emanate from the office of the secretary to the commission, nor any official channel of INEC. Preliminary findings indicate that the signature of the secretary to the commission was forged by unscrupulous elements.

“Consequently, the general public, political parties and the media are strongly advised to disregard the contents of the said correspondence in its entirety, as it is fake,” the statement said.