INEC swears in nine new RECs

• The Resident Electoral Commissioner appointed from Akwa Ibom state, Etekamba Umoren, was not among those sworn in at a meeting of the commission with state Resident Electoral Commissioners

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday, December 12, inaugurated nine out of the ten Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) that were recently appointed by the president and cleared by the National Assembly.

However, the Resident Electoral Commissioner appointed from Akwa Ibom state, Etekamba Umoren, was not among those sworn in at a meeting of the commission with state Resident Electoral Commissioners.

The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said he would be sworn in January when the tenure of the Resident Electoral Commissioner from Akwa Ibom state currently serving in Delta will expire.

Those sworn in are Isah Shaka Ehimeakne (Edo State), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti State) Abubakar Ahmed Ma’aji (Gombe State), Shehu Wahab (Kwara State), Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi (Lagos State), Aminu Kasimu Idris (Nasarawa State), Prof. Mohammed Yelwa (Niger State), Dr. Anugbum Onuoha (Rivers State) and Isma’ila Kaura Moyi (Zamfara State).