Mr. Sam Olumekun has assumed duties at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as ‘Acting Chairman’.

Mr. Olumekun is INEC’s National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education.

Olumekun performed his first duties today, receiving a high-level delegation of the Labour Party (LP) at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja with other National Commissioners in attendance.

This is coming amid rumours which circulated recently via social media that INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu had been removed from office.

Recall that a viral WhatsApp message had indicated that Prof. Yakubu was sacked by President Bola Tinubu and replaced with one Prof. Bashiru Olamilekan.

Yakubu, who is rounding off his second tenure in office, is expected to exit the system towards the end of this year.

The process of appointing an INEC chairman is the President nominating a candidate and forwarding his particulars to the Department of State Services (DSS) for profiling. After such screening, the President, thereafter, takes the name to the National Council of State for its advisory review.

Based on the outcome, the President sends the name to the Senate for screening and confirmation.

Meanwhile, Prof. Yakubu is currently out of the country to the Gambia to attend the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions meeting.
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