The Nigeria Data Protection Commission has commenced an investigation into the alleged leak of voter information involving Nollywood actor and politician, Emeka Ike.
The commission said it has already engaged both the Independent National Electoral Commission and the actor as part of its probe.
Speaking on Friday during a media parley with journalists at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, the National Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, said the matter was being treated with urgency because of its implications for electoral integrity and public trust.
The development follows recent controversy over the publication of details relating to Ike’s voter registration record by the Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Information, Lere Olayinka.
Ike, a native of Imo State, contested the House of Representatives seat for the AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency in the FCT under the Nigerian Democratic Congress and lost.
