The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it has not appointed any consultant to work on its behalf.

 

Reacting to activities of some fraudsters claiming to be working for the Commission on recruitment of personnel, the Commission warned the public to be weary of some unscrupulous elements who went as far as cloning the Commission’s logo and soliciting applicants to apply for jobs in the Commission.

 

A statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Barrister Festus Okoye, warned that those claiming to have been appointed consultants to the Commission and reportedly asking innocent Nigerians to pay some amount of money as application fees are fraudsters.

 

He recalled that the Commission had at least on two previous occasions in the last few months issued disclaimers on the matters of fake employment merchants and racketeers who open fake employment websites, collecting money from unsuspecting members of the public and issuing fake employment letters purporting to be acting on behalf of the Commission.