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JUST IN: INEC Chairman Yakubu Swears In Nine New Resident Electoral Commissioners [PHOTOS]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sworn in nine of the ten Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) recently appointed by the president and confirmed by the National Assembly.
The swearing-in ceremony was held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
Those who took the oath of office are Isah Shaka Ehimeakne (Edo State), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti State), Abubakar Ahmed Ma’aji (Gombe State), Shehu Wahab (Kwara State), Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi (Lagos State), Aminu Kasimu Idris (Nasarawa State), Prof. Mohammed Yelwa (Niger State), Dr. Anugbum Onuoha (Rivers State), and Isma’ila Kaura Moyi (Zamfara State).
However, the REC for Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Etekamba Umoren, was absent from the ceremony.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, explained that Mr. Umoren would not be sworn in until January 2024, upon the expiration of the current Akwa Ibom REC’s tenure in Delta State.
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