The incident happened during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), leaving residents and witnesses in shock.

It was gathered that the woman had escorted her daughter to the exam venue when she suddenly began to feel unwell shortly after arriving.

An eyewitness, Abiola, said she showed signs of weakness before eventually collapsing at the centre.

According to him, efforts made by people around to revive her were unsuccessful, and she was confirmed dead at the scene.

Sources also revealed that she had earlier informed people of her plan to accompany her daughter to the examination centre. At the time of the incident, her daughter was already inside the examination hall writing the UTME and was unaware of what had happened outside.

The development drew sympathy from residents and passersby, many of whom expressed sorrow over the sudden loss.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Ondo State Police Command, Jimoh Abayomi, said the command had been informed and responded appropriately.

He described the incident as unfortunate and expressed the command’s condolences to the family.

He further stated that the deceased’s family had been contacted, and her remains were released to a family member who identified himself as her son.

The police urged members of the public to remain calm, as the community continues to mourn the unexpected loss.

In a statement issued on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Adedayo Oketola, the commission maintained that Amupitan does not own or operate any social media account, despite the circulation of alleged posts linked to him.

According to INEC, both internal checks and independent forensic analysis confirmed that the Chairman has no presence on X (formerly Twitter) or any other social media platform.

The statement explained that the findings of the investigation revealed multiple inconsistencies, including timestamp irregularities, which showed that a viral post attributed to Amupitan was published before the original message it was supposedly responding to—an occurrence described as technically impossible.

INEC also dismissed claims attempting to link the account to the Chairman through email addresses, phone numbers, or financial records, noting that verification processes on the platform failed to establish any connection.

The commission further clarified that the appearance of a phone number in records such as BVN or financial platforms does not serve as proof of ownership of any social media account.

It described the situation as a coordinated disinformation effort, revealing that several fake accounts across different platforms were created using the Chairman’s identity.

INEC added that the account at the centre of the controversy was later renamed, made private, and labelled as a parody account shortly after the issue gained public attention.

The commission stated that the findings have been forwarded to relevant security agencies for further investigation and urged members of the public to avoid sharing or engaging with the disputed content.