2026 INEC Nigeria — unauthorized voter-registration access; police detain official (June)
Data compromised
At minimum individual voter-registration fields shown in leaked screenshots; wider dump not confirmed
Technical writeup
In early June 2026, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security services opened investigations after Lere Olayinka—a spokesperson for FCT minister Nyesom Wike—published screenshots appearing to show Nollywood actor Emeka Ike’s voter-registration details from INEC systems. Premium Times and Sahara Reporters reported INEC and the State Security Service probing alleged unauthorized database access; Vanguard and social channels later described police questioning Olayinka and detaining an INEC official over the incident. INEC emphasized that voter data is protected and that misuse of credentials is a serious offense. BreachHistory indexes the episode as a confirmed governance and access-control crisis; a mass voter-database exfiltration has not been publicly attested at catalog time.
Root cause
Alleged unauthorized insider or credential misuse of voter-registration systems (under investigation)