The ten-year tenure of Professor Mahmood Yakubu as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally come to an end.
Yakubu’s exit as INEC chairman marks the end a 10-year tenure across two terms. He was appointed by late President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
On Tuesday, Yakubu handed over to May Agbamuche as the Acting National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Agbamuche is the oldest serving National Commissioner in the electoral body.
In a brief ceremony at the commission’s headquarters on Tuesday, Yakubu handed over to National Commissioner, May Agbamuche.
Professor Mahmood announced this at the meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners at the INEC headquarters in Abuja.
He solicited the support of the commissioners and directors of the commission for Agbamuche until the appointment of a substantive chairman.
President Bola Tinubu is expected to name a new chairman for the electoral agency any moment from now.
The appointment of a new INEC Chairman is expected to be one of the main issues to be discussed at the forthcoming Council of State meeting slated for later this week.
