June 20, 2026
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) says it has twice requested the Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over allegations of a data breach.
The National Commissioner of NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, disclosed this in Abuja during a media parley to mark three years of the commission.
Olatunji said the request followed the signing of the Nigeria Data Protection Act by President Bola Tinubu on June 12, 2023, noting that it was part of efforts to safeguard the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral database.
He also said the commission treated every reported breach with diligence and had taken action on all cases brought before it, irrespective of the status of the institutions involved.
