Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the sack of Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and other officials at all levels.
Obasanjo made the call while speaking at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum, Yale University, in the United States.
The ex-President described the 2023 election as a “travesty,” and went to call for mass sack of the umpire, saying, “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.
“The INEC Chairperson must not only be absolutely above board but must also be transparently independent and incorruptible.”
