Mahmood Yakubu

They also criticised INEC and its chairman Mahmood Yakubu but blamed its difficulties on mismanagement and rogue officials at local level rather than a nationally organised conspiracy and fraud...

Suspicions about the credibility of the results were multiplying by 27 February when the PDP and the Labour Party staged a walkout of the collation centre after INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu refused to heed their demand for the suspension of the results' declaration...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) under the able chairmanship of Mahmood Yakubu has developed highly practical digital technology which can operate despite power cuts and interruptions in internet connectivity to deal with the formidable challenge of an election in which 93...

Mahmood Yakubu chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wants to use technology to make these elections more credible and transparent (AC Vol 63 No 20 An election umpire besieged on all sides)...

At the receiving end of most of the complaints is Mahmood Yakubu chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission...

Another challenge points out INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu is the low voter turnout: he says it has averaged 30-35% over the last three elections one of the lowest in Africa...

INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu lacks the public confidence of his predecessor Attahiru Jega although he has made decisions behind the scenes that have annoyed the big parties (AC Vol 59 No 21 Now the race looks serious)...

Its ruling commissioners are seen as evenly divided between APC and PDP but the chair Professor Mahmood Yakubu is of uncertain leanings if any...

All this will put pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission's chairman Mahmood Yakubu...

So the Rivers elections were a chance for the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu to prove that his organisation could stop the rot...