DSS says it has uncovered APC’s plot to hack INEC’s database

The Deputy Director, Public Relations of the Department of State Services, Marilyn Ogar, on Wednesday at a media briefing said the department had uncovered a plot by the country’s leading opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to hack into the database of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

While briefing journalists on the outcome of the raid by the DSS on a building at No. 10, Bola Ajibola Street, Lagos owned by the APC, the DSS Spokesperson told journalists that a search warrant was obtained before invading the office in Ikeja, Lagos after suspicions that the opposition party was cloning PVCs. According to Ogar, the said building had no banner or signpost of any company or political party. She disclosed that one of the hard drives recovered from the building contained videos of hacking tutorials on how to invade security of databases such as IDS, and how to hack into the system of media house with the aim of broadcasting false news.

The DSS also accused the APC of breaching the electoral act and going contrary to the provisions of the party’s constitution. It displayed incriminating documents to back allegations that the opposition party had engaged in illegal registration of security personnel, as well as many under aged persons including infants and babies as party members. Ogar stated that several foreigners were registered also She disclosed that investigations are still on-going and some suspects have already been charged to court.