The new seven Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) who were last week sworn-in by the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu have been posted to states where they will serve.
Accroding to a letter signed bhy the Secretary to the Commission, Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu, the RECs were deployed as follows: Mr. Olusegun Olagoke Agbaje – Osun state; Dr. Uthman Abdulrahman Ajidagba – Nasarawa state; Dr. Emmanuel Alex Hart – Edo state; and Dr. Cyril Omorogbe – Bayelsa state.
Others are: Mohammed Magaji Ibrahim – Borno state; Alhaji Yahaya Bello – FCT, Abuja; and Baba Abba Yusuf – Taraba state.
Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (5th right), former INEC Chairman and Keynote Speaker, Prof. Attahiru Jega (6th right), Director-General, Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), Dr Olalekan Fadolapo (7th right); Chairman, Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Malam Yusuf Dantalle (4th right), National Commissioner, Malam Abdulrazak Tukur Yusuf (5th left), National Commissioner, Prof. Rhoda Gumus ((4th left), Representative of the Inspector-General of Police and Commissioner of Police in charge of Elections, Abayomi Sogunle (right) and other participants in a group picture during the programme. PIX: TAIWO MAKANJUOLA