{"id":343233,"date":"2024-10-25T06:08:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T05:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=343233"},"modified":"2024-10-25T06:08:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T05:08:46","slug":"ex-electoral-commission-chair-humphrey-nwosu-dies-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/25\/ex-electoral-commission-chair-humphrey-nwosu-dies-at-84\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-electoral commission chair, Humphrey Nwosu, dies at 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Nwosu conducted the June 12, 1993 election annulled by former President Ibrahim Babangida<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>He served as Chairman of NEC from 1989 to 1993<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A former Chairman of the National Election Commission (now the Independent National Electoral Commission), Prof. Humphrey Nwosu is dead.<\/p>\n<p>He died at the age of 83.<\/p>\n<p>Nwosu, who conducted the June 12, 1993 election annulled by former President Ibrahim Babangida, served as Chairman of NEC from 1989 to 1993.<\/p>\n<p>He hailed from the Ajali community in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>Although no official statement has been released by the family, a source close to the family said the deceased, born on October 2, 1941, died in a hospital in Virginia, United States of America in the early hours of Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The source said, \u201cYes, Prof died this morning in a hospital in Virginia, USA, after a brief illness. 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