Breaking: INEC reacts to alleged sacking of Mahmood Yakubu

The assertion that President Bola Tinubu has sacked Professor Mahmood Yakubu arsenic the president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been denied by the commission.

A viral connection connected WhatsApp has claimed that the INEC president was sacked and that the president had appointed Professor Bashiru Olamikan arsenic his replacement. However, the WhatsApp connection was not attributed to anyone.

The WhatsApp connection reads:

“INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmud Yakubu has been replaced with Prof. Bashiru Olamilekan by President Tinubu.”.

According to Vanguard, Rotimi Oyekanmi, the main property caput to Prof Yakubu, successful his effect to the societal media claim, said, “Please, disregard. It is not true.”

Yakubu's 2nd tenure arsenic the president of the electoral committee is expected to travel to an extremity towards the extremity of 2025.

To name different INEC chairman, President Tinubu volition person to nominate a campaigner whose particulars would beryllium forwarded to the Department of State Services (DSS) for scrutiny.

Following the screening, the president volition taxable the sanction of the appointee to the National Council of State for its advisory and review. The adjacent measurement is for the president to guardant the sanction of the appointee to the Senate for screening and confirmation.

Legit.ng recalled that Yakubu conducted the 2023 statesmanlike predetermination that produced President Tinubu. The predetermination was a keen contention betwixt Tinubu, who was the campaigner of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party.

The result of the predetermination was contested up to the Supreme Court by the opposition, including Atiku and Obi. The absorption has alleged that the predetermination was not escaped and fair, and INEC, nether the enactment of Yakubu, was accused of electoral malpractice successful favour of the president.

However, the Supreme Court dismissed their allegations implicit a deficiency of grounds to backmost up their claims. Since the Supreme Court verdict, Atiku and Obi person remained fierce critics of Tinubu's medication but the presidency has not been quiescent successful responding to their disapproval either.

Source: Legit.ng