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DSS calls off invitation of INEC commissioner

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February 19, 2019

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The Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, February 19, reportedly dropped an earlier invitation to Okechukwu Ibeanu, the commissioner in charge of logistics at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

It was learnt that Ibeanu was to appear before the security service in Abuja at 2pm, but was later called off.

Apart from Ibeanu, others invited include Chidi Nwafor, the director of ICT; Ken Ukeagu, director of procurement; Osaze Uzzi, director of voter education and publicity; and Bimbo Oladunjoye, the assistant director of ICT.

At the time of this report, it could not be ascertained why the decision was rescinded.

The report, however, gave a hint that some prominent Nigerians intervened.

The report quoted security sources as saying that “the invitation had to do with a tape circulation in which a south-south governor allegedly made statements that suggested some INEC officials were working for him.”