BREAKING: Tinubu shakes up INEC with fresh appointments
President Bola Tinubu has nominated four national commissioners and two Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, to fill vacancies at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The appointments are as follows:
National Commissioners
Professor Mustapha Aliu (North-West; replaces Professor Abdullahi Zuru)
Bashir Muhammed Umar (North-Central; replaces Professor Muhammad Adamu)
Oluwatoyin Babalola (South-West; currently REC in Osun; replaces Professor Cornelius Ajayi)
Bala Bila (North-East; reappointed)
Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs
Samuel Akinjide Akinleye (Ekiti State)
Zahradden Basiru Sanusi (Jigawa; replaces Professor Saidu Ahmed Babura)
The Senate will screen the nominees and Tinubu has called for expedited confirmation ahead of the 2027 general elections.