TINUBU NOTIFIES SENATE OF TERMINATION OF THREE INEC RECS’ APPOINTMENTS

 

Huram Lokodi

The Nigerian Senate has approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's request to terminate the appointments of the Resident Electoral Commissioners of Abia, Adamawa and Sokoto states.

 

 

The affected RECs are Ikemefuna Uzochukwu, Hudu Ari, and Nura Ali.

 

 

In the letter read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, Tinubu urged the lawmakers to invoke section 157 of the constitution,1999 as amended to remove the affected persons.

 

 

The president reminded the senate that the three RECs were earlier suspended in 2023 as a result of allegations bordering on infractions of the Electoral Act, compromise of elections and abandonment of duty.

 

 

He told the lawmakers that security reports from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and Department of State Services (DSS) indicted the three RECs and therefore called for their immediate sack.

 

 

After the letter, the Senate resolved to invoke relevant sections of the constitution and subsequently approved the request for the sacking of the trio.