{"id":76618,"date":"2020-10-27T19:37:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T18:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=76618"},"modified":"2020-10-27T19:37:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T18:37:38","slug":"buhari-reappoints-yakubu-as-inec-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/buhari-reappoints-yakubu-as-inec-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Reappoints Yakubu As INEC Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Mohammadu Buhari has reappointed Prof Mahmood Yakubu as the<\/div>\n
\n
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, a
\nPresidency source told Pointblanknews.com<\/p>\n

Yakubu’s five-year tenure is due in November 2020. He was first
\nappointed in October 2015 after Prof Attahiru Jega conducted the
\nelections that saw President Buhari defeating incumbent former President
\nGoodluck Jonathan.<\/p>\n

With his reappointment, Yakubu would be conducting the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n

Yakubu is a professor of political history and international studies. He
\nis an expert in guerrilla warfare, terrorism, and counter-terrorism. He
\nhas also taught war and society in pre-colonial Africa.<\/p>\n

He was the former executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust
\nFund, TETFUND.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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