Just in: INEC denies resignation of ICT director

- Nigeria's electoral body has denied claims that its director of information and communication has resigned

- INEC said reports that Chidi Nwafor reigned his appointment at the commission is false

- The commission also said that the director and another staff have just returned from South Africa where they represented INEC at the high level 5th Annual Meeting of ID4Africa Movement in South Africa
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refuted claims that its Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Chidi Nwafor, has resigned.

The commission made the clarification in a notice on its official twitter handle @inecnigeria, on Saturday, June 22.
Describing the report as false, the commission urged members of the public to disregard it.

The commission said: “The rumour circulating that our Director ICT, Engr. Chidi Nwafor has resigned is totally false and should be disregarded."
“The director and another staff have just returned from South Africa where they represented INEC at the high level 5th Annual Meeting of ID4Africa Movement in Johannesburg (from June 18 to June 20).

The rumour circulating that our Director ICT, Engr. Chidi Nwafor has resigned is totally false and should be disregarded. The Director and another staff have just returned from South Africa where they represented INEC

“Neither he nor any senior staff has resigned his appointment or indicated such intention, since the elections,” the commission said in the tweet.

Oshiomhole disclosed this while responding to Festus Okoye, INEC’s national commissioner, who said that as at 5pm of Friday, February 15, INEC leadership was still optimistic on being able to conduct the election on February 16.