Tinubu Dismisses Adamawa REC Hudu Ari and Two Additional Officials

President Bola Tinubu has terminated the appointments of three Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). The president confirmed the development in a letter addressed to the Senate and read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at Wednesday’s plenary in Abuja. The affected RECs were that of Abia, Adamawa, and Sokoto States. The…

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Court Sentences UNIUYO Professor to Three Years in Prison for Electoral Fraud

The High Court sitting Uyo, Akwa Ibom has sentenced Professor Ignatius Uduk of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) to three years imprisonment for electoral fraud during the 2019 general elections.   Uduk, a Professor of Human Kinetics, served as a Collation/Returning officer for Essien Udim State Constituency in March, 2019. He had been standing trial in…

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