The presidency has refuted claims of a shake-up within the management of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC).
A tweet on Monday by Daniel Bwala, particular adviser to the president on coverage communication, stated there is no such thing as a reality to the rumours that Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, has been faraway from workplace.
“The story trending throughout media platforms to the impact that Mr President @officialABAT has both sacked the INEC chairman or has changed the INEC chairman shouldn’t be true and ought to be discountenanced,” Bwala wrote.

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“Selections and/or official acts of Mr President are communicated by official channels and never the hearsay mill.”
Equally, O’tega Ogra, senior particular adviser to the president on digital and new media, famous that any official announcement relating to a change within the electoral physique’s management could be made by correct authorities channels.
“The Nigerian public ought to disregard any pretend information making the rounds in regards to the alternative of the INEC chairman,” he wrote.
“Any such announcement will come from the SGF’s workplace or every other applicable official supply.”