The Independent National Electoral Commission has issued a full public statement confirming that an X account falsely claiming to belong to Professor Joash Amupitan Senior Advocate of Nigeria is entirely fabricated and part of a deliberate impersonation scheme.
On the tenth of April twenty twenty six Professor Amupitan learned about widespread social media posts and screenshots alleging he ran the account and posted a partisan message reading victory is sure as a reply to another user. Soon afterward more screenshots appeared online displaying email addresses phone numbers OPay and BVN verification details plus data breach records that seemed to connect Professor Amupitan directly to the account. These materials circulated rapidly through traditional and online media as supposed evidence.
Once the disinformation surfaced Professor Amupitan directed his Chief Press Secretary to release an official rebuttal stating clearly that he has never owned or operated any X account. The Independent National Electoral Commission then launched a complete forensic investigation by engaging an independent cybersecurity expert. This expert performed a multilayered analysis drawing on X platform records internet archives open source intelligence tools identity forensics and cross platform comparisons. The resulting independent report proves beyond doubt that Professor Amupitan does not operate any personal X account whatsoever. Every post reply or statement linked to him on the platform is fraudulent forensically impossible to verify technically unworkable and belongs to a larger coordinated disinformation effort.
The investigation uncovered several key findings that leave no room for doubt. The disputed account was created back in September twenty twenty two yet it shows no connection at all to Professor Amupitans known yahoo email or University of Jos email addresses. Timestamp examination reveals the alleged twenty twenty six reply containing the words victory is sure appeared thirteen minutes before the original post it supposedly replied to an event that is physically impossible on any digital platform. Comprehensive searches of the Wayback Machine returned zero records of the account or any activity under that handle before April twenty twenty six providing strong corroborating evidence of fabrication.
Further technical details from the probe paint an even clearer picture of deliberate deception. On the exact same day the viral screenshots emerged the account was renamed to a new handle set to private and labeled as a parody account. This move concealed all previous post history and aligns perfectly with classic impersonation tactics aimed at damage control. At least seven additional fake accounts on Facebook and Instagram using Professor Amupitans name and photographs were also identified pointing to a sustained and coordinated impersonation campaign across multiple platforms. The current holder of the renamed handle is a verified cybersecurity researcher named Coy Emerald who has publicly disclaimed any connection to the original user or prior activity.
Forensic tests on claimed linkages delivered decisive results. Attempts to connect the account to Professor Amupitans verified yahoo email through official recovery and password reset processes all failed with no genuine association ever existing. Similarly efforts to tie the account to his phone number via OPay and BVN verification produced no connection whatsoever. While the phone number does belong to Professor Amupitan that fact alone does not prove social media ownership and relying on it represents a basic logical error rather than valid evidence. Reviews of various data breach records and open source intelligence materials showed only nonspecific historical references that cannot establish ownership of an account that did not exist at the time of those breaches.
The internet archives provide the most definitive proof of fabrication. If the account had genuinely posted content in twenty twenty three including the disputed reply some public snapshots would almost certainly have been preserved. Yet exhaustive queries across every date from twenty twenty two to the present with special focus on March twenty twenty three yielded absolutely zero archived profiles zero captured posts and no trace of any activity before the tenth of April twenty twenty six. The timestamp anomaly in the viral screenshots further confirms the reply could not have existed as claimed because its recorded time predates the original post it references by thirteen minutes rendering the entire narrative impossible.
This comprehensive investigation leaves no question that the account and all associated claims are part of a calculated effort to mislead the public and undermine trust in key institutions. The Independent National Electoral Commission stands firm in its commitment to transparency and the integrity of democratic processes.
