INEC data leak: Emeka Ike vows action against Wike’s aide + Video

Actor and politician Emeka Ike has threatened to take action against Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over the alleged exposure of his personal information from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s database.

The controversy followed a social media post by Olayinka, who shared screenshots said to contain details of Ike’s voter registration records.

Ike, an indigene of Imo State, contested for the House of Representatives seat for the AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency in the Federal Capital Territory under the Nigerian Democratic Congress but was unsuccessful.

In a post on his X handle, Olayinka claimed the actor was originally registered as a voter in Imo State before transferring his registration to the FCT.

He wrote: “Emeka Ike was a registered voter in Imo State. He only transferred his INEC Registration to the FCT on May 15, 2026 (15 days ago).

“And he wants to contest for House of Reps in Abuja! Someone who has never voted in the FCT o. What happened to his Imo State? This Obidient people enh!!!”

The post included screenshots that appeared to show voter information, including an application number, registration centre, voter identification number, profile photograph, name and date of application.

Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Tuesday, Ike described the development as disturbing and accused Olayinka of abusing access to sensitive information.

He said: “It’s quite shocking, extreme, and it is the height of political rascality for a government officer to access a citizen’s information from the INEC cyber.

“It tells you a lot; it shows how much impunity we have flying around, and people have access to things they shouldn’t be having access to, and that’s quite deplorable.

“I see that as a huge insult and slap on every political party and every Nigerian.”

The actor argued that the incident raised broader concerns about the privacy and security of Nigerians’ personal data.

According to him: “He is telling every Nigerian that whoever you are, I can pull your information from anywhere and I can do what I want, and that rascality needs to be stopped.”

Ike said he was prepared to challenge Olayinka over the alleged disclosure of his information.

He said: “Actions are ready, I’m ready to take him on.

“He has no right to exploit my privacy and insult Nigerians the way he did. If he has been doing it in the past, this should be the last time he does it.”

The actor also explained why he decided to seek election in the Federal Capital Territory rather than his home state.

He said: “I actually wanted to run in my state, but a couple of people came to me.

“It was like a clarion call. 

“People came to me and told me, ‘Sir, you need to do this now, we need you in Abuja.’

“And I’m like, you know I’m already trying to run in my state, but they insisted and the surge was high, and I considered it, seeing the relevant issues they brought on board, and I said okay fine, let’s see how we can build Abuja.

“A municipal area needs to be properly guarded and looked into, so I decided to shift to Abuja.”

The dispute has continued to generate debate on social media, with concerns being raised over data privacy and access to electoral records.