BREAKING: Yakubu Hands Over INEC Leadership, Awaits Senate Confirmation For Reappointment

Professor Mahmood Yakubu hands over INEC leadership to Air Vice Marshal Muazu Ahmed (rtd) at the headquarters of the electoral umpire in Abuja on November 9, 2020. Photo: Channels TV/ Sodiq Adelakun.

 

Professor Mahmood Yakubu has handed over his duties as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He passed on the leadership mantle to an INEC National Commissioner, Air Vice Marshal Muazu Ahmed (rtd), on Monday at an event held at the headquarters of the electoral umpire in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

Ahmed will act in that capacity pending when the Senate confirms the reappointment of Professor Yakubu as INEC chairman.

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