APC attempted to hack into INEC’s data base, says DSS

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By Gbade Ogunwale and Faith Yahaya
The Nation
Jan 7, 2015

THE Department of State Security (DSS) has alleged that the All 
Progressives Congress (APC) attempted to hack into the data base of the 
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with the intention of 
disrupting the electoral process.

DSS Spokesperson Marilyn Ogar, who briefed reporters in Abuja yesterday, 
also alleged that the party had a number of serving security agents as its 
registered members.

She added that the APC also did multiple and underage registration. Ogar, 
who did not reveal the names of the affected security workers, said the 
agents comprised those from the Nigerian Army, the Nigeria Police Force, 
Nigeria Customs Service, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, 
Federal Road Safety Corps among others.

The DSS, in November, broke into APC’s data centre located at No. 10, Bola 
Ajibola Street, Ikeja, Lagos, where workers, documents and computers were 
carted away by armed operatives.

But, Ogar stated that after investigation, the DSS suspected that there 
was an elaborate and well-articulated plan by the party to inflate its 
membership data through the creation of party membership forms and cards 
to match INEC’s voters register across the country.

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