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Mahmood Yakubuâs duty is clearly cut out
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu was last week sworn in for a second term by President Muhammadu Buhari, following his clearance by the Senate. This is a remarkable feat. Yakubu is the first chairman to be returned to the post of the electoral umpire since inception. That he is distrusted by the leadership of both the ruling All Progressives Congress (who accuse him of orchestrating their loss of Zamfara and Rivers States) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (who accuse him of using âinclusive pollsâ to deny them of Kano and Osun States) means Yakubu must be doing something right.