A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the sack of Mahmood Yakubu as INEC Chairman, and other top officers of the commission.
Obasanjo, made the call at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum, Yale University, in the United States in honour of the late Nigerian writer.
“As a matter of urgency, we must ensure the INEC Chairperson and their staff are thoroughly vetted. The vetting exercise should produce dispassionate, non-partisan actors with impeccable reputations.
“Nigeria must ensure the appointment of new credible INEC leadership at the federal, state, local government, and municipal – city, town, and village – levels, with short tenures to prevent undesirable political influence and corruption, and to re-establish trust in the electoral system by its citizens,” he said.
Obasanjo also described the 2023 general election as a “travesty”, adding that the reform of the electoral system is a key agenda for the country
