The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially cleared its Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, of allegations involving partisan social media activity. A comprehensive forensic and cybersecurity audit released today has proven that the viral “Victory is sure” tweet, which was used to claim the Chairman was biased toward a specific political party, was a total fabrication.
The commission revealed that the attackers used a sophisticated impersonation strategy, creating a fake X (formerly Twitter) handle that had zero technical links to the Professor’s official phone number, email, or BVN records.
The investigation, led by a team of independent cybersecurity experts, uncovered a major “digital glitch” that exposed the fraud: the viral reply was timestamped 13 minutes before the original post it was responding to—an impossible feat on any social media platform.
Detectives also tracked the suspicious account as it attempted to “scrub” its history by changing its name to @sundayvibe00 and switching to a “parody” status once the heat turned up. With the case now handed over to security agencies under the Cybercrimes Act, INEC has warned that it will prosecute anyone found creating or amplifying these “manufactured” scandals.
The “Smoking Gun” Evidence
- The Time-Travel Glitch: The fake response appeared on the internet 13 minutes before the post it was answering.
- The Identity Switch: The account (@joashamupitan) was abruptly renamed to @sundayvibe00 and set to “Private” the moment it went viral.
- Zero Footprint: Neither the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) nor X’s live servers have any record of the tweet ever existing as a live post.
 Investigators found at least seven other fake accounts across Facebook and Instagram created specifically to mimic the Chairman.
- Adedayo Oketola, Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman.