Tinubu’s Aide Insists Defending INEC Chair Amupitan Is Part of His Role, Denies Drafting Claim

Presidential media aide Dada Olusegun says sharing and clarifying government messages is his duty, but he did not author INEC’s statement defending chairman Joash Amupitan. He insists coincidence, not conspiracy, explains why he posted the release on X hours before the commission. Olusegun denied influencing INEC’s internal process and emphasized his role is to propagate the administration’s achievements responsibly. He repeated that he had no authority over the electoral body’s communications or drafting. Social media critics have slammed the early post as proof of collusion. Some demanded Amupitan’s resignation and accused the aide of being the middleman in compromising independent institutions, with comments calling his defence and the timing of the statement “stinking.”

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