Report emanating from the stable of popular Nigerian Online Newspaper, politico.ng, says its website has been hacked.

The publisher, Lai Omotola who made this known in Lagos on Sunday, ascribed the development to the handiwork of those he described as enemies of Nigeria.

He expressed concern that the hacking may not be unconnected with an ongoing projection of the likely outcome of the 2027 General Elections scheduled to begin in January across the country.

The Online Newspaper of record, had projected last week that the outcome of the the polls would Favour incumbent President, Bola Tinubu who the forecast gave 20 states against 9 for former Vice President and candidate of ADC, Atiku Abubakar while Peter Obi of the NDC followed closely with victory in 8 states.

The projection which was made available by the Political Intelligence Group of politico.ng, has continue to gain traction across social media platforms and political circles in the country.

And as widely expected, while the projection enjoyed commendation from a large pool of social media users and political followers, some adherents of the opposition, described the projection a sponsored project of the ruling party put in place to influence the outcome of the 2027 presidential election.

A spokesman of one of the top contenders, Paul Ibe, totally dismissed the projection as lacking credibility and asked Nigerians not to trust its outcome.

Meanwhile, the Publisher of politico.ng, has vowed to continue a monthly running of the exercise to the end of the year, an update of the projection by the PIG. He added the projection is a running development whose outcome could change at anytime and promised to return the website back to life as soon as possible.