President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday sought the approval of the Senate to sack the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for Abia, Adamawa, and Sokoto States.<\/p>\n
The request was contained in a letter he addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n
The suspended RECs who Tinubu is seeking their sack are Ike Uzochukwu (Abia), Hudu Yunusa-Ari (Adamawa), and Nura Ali (Sokoto).<\/p>\n
They were accused of misconduct during the 2023 general election.<\/p>\n
The President\u2019s letter was read on the floor of the Senate by Akpabio at the plenary session on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
In the letter, Tinubu explained that the RECs were suspended by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before he assumed office more than one year ago.<\/p>\n
The letter reads in part: \u201cThe senate is invited to note that the three resident electoral commissioners have been suspended for misconduct since March 2022 before the advent of the current administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile I trust that the senate will consider this request expeditiously, please accept distinguished senators and distinguished senate president, the assurances of my highest consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday sought the approval of the Senate to sack the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for Abia, Adamawa, and Sokoto States. The request was contained in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n