President Bola Tinubu has write the senate for the request to sack the suspended Residents Electoral Commissioners, REC, for Sokoto, Adamawa, and Abia states.
This request by President Tinubu was contained in a letter he addressed to the Senate through their President, Godswill Akpabio.
The affected Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, RECs are Ike Uzochukwu (Abia), Hudu Yunusa-Ari (Adamawa), and Nura Ali (Sokoto).
The RECs were accused of misconduct during the 2023 general election in their various state
In the letter read by Senator Akpabio during a plenary session on Wednesday, President Tinubu explained that the RECs were suspended by INEC before he assumed office.
The letter read apart: “The 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.
“While I trust that the Senate will consider this request expeditiously, please accept distinguished senators and distinguished senate president, the assurances of my highest consideration.”
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