Actor and politician, Emeka Ike has stated that he is prepared to take legal action against Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, following the alleged exposure of his personal voter information.
It was reports that Ike contested for the AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency seat in the FCT on the platform of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) but lost.
Olayinka was recently slammed after he shared details reportedly sourced from an administrative page of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
On 𝕏 on Saturday, Olayinka said Ike was a registered voter in Imo State before transferring his registration to the FCT on May 15.
He attached screenshots to the post that many Nigerians believed were information from INEC’s administrative login portal.
The details allegedly contained Ike’s application number, registration centre, Voter Identification Number, profile picture, name and date of application.
Ike described the action as shocking and unacceptable while reacting on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Tuesday.
“It is very shocking, extreme and it is the height of political rascality for a government officer to access the information of a citizen from the INEC cyber.
“It tells you a lot, shows how much impunity we have flying around there and people have access to the things they shouldn’t be having access to, and 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 and that rascality needs to be stopped.
The actor said he was ready to deal with Olayinka for exposing his private details.
“I’m ready to take him on, actions ready,” Ike said.
“He has no right to take advantage of my privacy and insult Nigerians the way he did. If he has done in the past. This should be the last time he does that.”
Why I Ran In FCT
Ike also explained why he decided to contest for the House of Representatives seat in Abuja and not his home state.
He said, “I really 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 said, ‘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 that they brought on board, and I said, okay, fine, let’s see how we can build Abuja.
“Municipal area needs proper guarding and looking after, so I decided to move to Abuja.”
