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Yakubu Steps Aside As INEC Boss, Hands Over To Agbamuche

Yakubu Steps Aside As INEC Boss, Hands Over To Agbamuche
  • PublishedOctober 7, 2025

The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has stepped aside.

Yakubu during a meeting with Residents Electoral Commissioners on Tuesday, handed over to May Agbamuche as the Acting Chairman of the Commission.

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Agbamuche is the oldest serving National Commissioner in the electoral body.

He solicited the support of the commissioners and directors of the commission for Agbamuche, until the appointment of a substantive chairman.