Actor Emeka Ike has announced plans to take legal action against Lere Olayinka, the media aide to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike, over the alleged exposure of his personal data from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal.
Ike contested for the House of Representatives seat representing the AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency in the Federal Capital Territory under the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) but lost the election. Following the outcome, Olayinka shared what appeared to be Ike's voter information obtained through an INEC administrative webpage.
On his X handle on Saturday, Olayinka posted that Ike was originally a registered 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!!!"
Olayinka attached two images to the post, which many users noted contained details from INEC's administrative login portal. The screenshots included Ike's application number, registration centre, Voter Identification Number, profile picture, name, and date of application.
Speaking on Channels Television's The Morning Brief on Tuesday, Ike described Olayinka's actions as shocking and the epitome of political rascality. "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, shows how much impunity we have flying around there and people have access to things they shouldn't be having access to. That's quite deplorable and I see that as a huge insult and slap on every political party and every Nigerian. He is telling every Nigerian that whoever you are, I can pull your information from anywhere and I can do what I want. That rascality needs to be stopped," he said.
The actor stated that he is ready to challenge Olayinka for exposing his private details to the public. "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."
Speaking further on the programme, Ike explained his decision to contest for the House of Representatives seat in the FCT. "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. I considered the relevant issues they brought on board and 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," Ike said.
