2015: INEC Redeploys Resident Electoral Commissioners

INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega (Photo: bellanaija.com)

Ahead of the 2015 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday announced a major shakeup in the commission.

The electoral body moved round all the Resident Electoral Commissioners in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

INEC, according to its daily in house newsletter, “Daily Bulletin” said news on the redeployments was contained in a letter signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu.

The scribe directed that all handing and taking over formalities be concluded by December 31.

The RECs and their new postings are listed below:

Prof. O.E. Onukaogu from Abia to Enugu; Prof. Tukur Sa’ad – Adamawa to Bauchi; Ahmed Makama – Bauchi toTaraba; Mike Igini – Delta to Edo; Selina Omagha Oko – Ebonyi to Abia; Edwin Offor Nwatarali – Enugu to Anambra; Sadiq Abubakar Musa from Kaduna to Sokoto; Jibrin Ibrahim Zarewa – Kano to Kebbi; Hussaini Ahmed Mahuta – Katsina to Kaduna and Abubakar Umar Garba Wara – Kebbi to Zamfara.

Others are – Emmanuel Onucheyo – Kogi to Kwara; Rufus O. Akeju – Lagos to Oyo; Abdullahi Umar Danyaya – Niger to Nasarawa; Timothy A. Ibitoye – Osun to Ogun; A.L. Ogunmola – Oyo to Osun; Barito Lenusikpugi Kphagih – Rivers to Bayelsa; Haliru A. Tambuwal – Sokoto to Jigawa; Kassim Gana Geidam – Yobe to Gombe; Ibrahim Bagobiri Marafa – Zamfara to Katsina and Aniedi Ikoiwak – Akwa Ibom to Delta.

The remaining redeployments announced by INEC are – Habu Zarma – Gombe to Yobe; Akin Orebiyi- Ogun to Lagos; Hussaini Halilu Pai – FCT to Kogi; Kwanga Godwin Mbatsavbee –Benue to Plateau; Sylvester Okey Ezeani – Anambra to Cross River; Minkaila Abdullahi – Jigawa to Kano; Lawrence Azubuike – Imo to Ebonyi; Sam Olugbadebo Olumekun – Ondo to Ekiti; Istifanus Ishaku Dafwang – Plateau to Benue; Gesila Khan – Bayelsa to Rivers; Samuel Madaki – Taraba to Borno; Gabriel Ada – Cross River to Imo; Jacob Shekwonudu Jatau – Nasarawa to FCT; Baba Abba Yusuf – Borno to Adamawa; Segun Agbaje – Ekiti to Ondo; Nasir Ayilara- Kwara to Niger and Austine Okojie – Edo to Akwa-Ibom.