By Our Reporter

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-

The website of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) hacked some few hours ago by hackers called TeaM Nigerian Cyber Army has been restored.

A check by InvestAdvocate shows that the site is on live, the Nigerian electoral body, following the breach of its website called for calm, saying it was aware of the hack. “We are aware of the recent hack of our @inecnigeria website, we are currently investigating this incident,” it said via twitter.

Kayode Idowu, chief press secretary to the INEC chairman Attahiru Jega, in a statement said that there was no cause for panic as the situation was under control.

Although the hack on the site had in no way affected the ongoing election, it was beginning to raise doubts in some quarters about INEC’s effectiveness. The restoration of the site is expected to renew confidence in the electoral body’s commitment to conducting a free and fair election in the state.