Group Demands Details Of Forensic Expert Hired To Probe Amupitan’s Alleged X Account

The Foundation for Digital Justice, non-profit organisation, has written a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) requesting the details of the forensic cybersecurity expert commissioned to probe the X account allegedly linked to Joash Amupitan.

On Monday, INEC released the findings of a forensic investigation into an alleged X account linked to Amupitan, its chairman.

The electoral umpire said the investigation found that the account, @joashamupitan, and all posts attributed to the INEC chairman were fake and “forensically unverifiable”.

INEC said it “commissioned an independent forensic cybersecurity expert, who conducted a multi-layered forensic and digital investigation using X platform data, internet archive records, OSINT tools, identity forensics and cross-platform analysis”.

The controversy began on April 10 when social media users circulated screenshots alleging that Amupitan operated the X account and made a partisan comment, “Victory is sure”, in response to a post made by Dayo Israel, the national youth leader of All Progressives Congress (APC).

The claim was further amplified by screenshots showing emails, phone numbers, OPay and bank verification number (BVN), which were circulated as proof of ownership.

Source: TheCable