Nollywood actor Emeka Ike has said he is prepared to challenge Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over the alleged publication of his personal information from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) database.
Ike, who hails from Imo State, recently contested for the House of Representatives seat representing AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency in the FCT under the Nigerian Democratic Congress but was unsuccessful.
The controversy began after Olayinka shared what appeared to be details of Ike’s voter registration records on social media. In the post, Olayinka claimed the actor had originally registered as a voter in Imo State before transferring his registration to the FCT earlier this year.
“Emeka Ike was a registered voter in Imo State. He only transferred his INEC Registration to the FCT on May 15, 2026 (15 days ago).
“And he wants to contest for House of Reps in Abuja! Someone who has never voted in the FCT o. What happened to his Imo State? This Obidient people enh!!!”
The post reportedly included screenshots containing information such as Ike’s voter identification details, registration centre, application number, photograph and other personal records, prompting criticism from social media users.
Reacting during an appearance on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, Ike described the incident as a serious violation of privacy and condemned what he called abuse of access to sensitive information.
“It’s quite shocking, extreme, and it is the height of political rascality for a government officer to access a citizen’s information from the INEC cyber. It tells you a lot; it shows how much impunity we have flying around, and people have access to things they shouldn’t be having access to, and that’s quite deplorable. I see that as a huge insult and slap on every political party and every Nigerian.
“He is telling every Nigerian that whoever you are, I can pull your information from anywhere and I can do what I want, and that rascality needs to be stopped,” he said.
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The actor also disclosed that he is considering legal steps over the matter.
“Actions are ready, I’m ready to take him on. He has no right to exploit my privacy and insult Nigerians the way he did. If he has been doing it in the past, this should be the last time he does it.”
Speaking on his decision to seek elective office in Abuja rather than his home state, Ike said the move was influenced by appeals from residents of the Federal Capital Territory.
“I actually wanted to run in my state, but a couple of people came to me. It was like a clarion call. People came to me and told me, ‘Sir, you need to do this now, we need you in Abuja.’
“And I’m like, you know I’m already trying to run in my state, but they insisted and the surge was high, and I considered it, seeing the relevant issues they brought on board, and I said okay fine, let’s see how we can build Abuja. A municipal area needs to be properly guarded and looked into, so I decided to shift to Abuja,” Ike said.