PDP Crisis Deepens as INEC Probes Alleged Forgery of Secretary’s Signature

• The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed a viral letter on social media as fake, revealing that its secretary’s signature was allegedly forged in a bid to influence the PDP’s troubled Ekiti congress and governorship primary.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised the alarm over an alleged forged correspondence circulating on social media regarding the postponement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congress and governorship primary in Ekiti State.

INEC, in a statement on Friday by the Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Victoria Eta-Messi, said the purported letter dated November 10, 2025, did not originate from the office of the Secretary to the Commission or any official INEC channel.

The controversy over the fake correspondence comes amid an intensifying leadership crisis within the PDP, particularly involving the faction led by Senator Samuel Anyanwu and its acting chairman, Abdulrahaman Mohammed.

According to one of the documents in circulation, the faction allegedly wrote to INEC seeking the postponement of the Ekiti governorship primary, citing logistical challenges. Another doctored document claimed INEC rejected the request on grounds that it did not meet statutory requirements, including the mandatory joint signatures of the national chairman and national secretary of the party.

INEC, however, debunked the documents, stressing that preliminary findings showed the signature of the Commission’s Secretary was forged by “unscrupulous elements” aiming to mislead the public.

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“The attention of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been drawn to a correspondence currently in circulation on various platforms, dated November 10, 2025… purported to have been issued and signed by the Secretary to the Commission,” Eta-Messi said.

“The Commission hereby states unequivocally that the said correspondence did not emanate from the office of the Secretary to the Commission, nor any official channel of INEC.

“Preliminary findings indicate that the signature of the Secretary to the Commission was forged by unscrupulous elements. Consequently, the general public, political parties, and the media are strongly advised to disregard the contents of the said correspondence in its entirety, as it is fake.”

INEC described the act as a serious electoral offence and a deliberate attempt to mislead the public, noting that it is working with security agencies to track down and prosecute those responsible.

The Commission urged individuals engaging in such “futile, criminal, and disruptive activities” to desist in the interest of electoral integrity and national peace.