The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu arrived in Awka, the capital of Anambra state on Tuesday ahead of the commission’s stakeholders meeting on the state governorship election.
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and his entourage comprising National Commissioners, members of the Technical Team, Directors and other Directing Staff, have just arrived at Enugu Airport en route Akwa. Bishop Hassan Kukah, one of the conveners of the National Peace Committee was on the same flight.
Prof Yakubu is billed to attend the traditional and final Stakeholders’ Meeting tomorrow in Awka, to discuss the final aspects of the Anambra State Governorship Election, scheduled for Saturday 6th November 2021.
He will also on Thursday attend the Peace Accord ceremony, where all the contesting candidates of the 18 Political Parties will commit themselves to peace in writing.
The Chief Press Secretary to Prof Yakubu, Rotimi Oyekanmi, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Awka, said the chairman on arrival, immediately went into consultation with the Anambra state commissioner of police, Echeng E. Echeng.
The spokesperson said the chairman thereafter met with members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES), Anambra State chapter, to discuss the security situation with regard to the upcoming governorship election.
His entourage comprises national commissioners, technical team, directors, and one of the conveners of the National Peace Committee, Bishop Hassan Kukah.
ANAMBRA RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER ALIVE AND WELL
Meanwhile, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Anambra State, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji was seen in his office at the Commission’s State Office, Awka, Anambra State when the Chairman arrive. It would be recalled that some fake news peddlers said he had been murdered.
