Former Kaduna lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has debunked reports claiming that President Bola Tinubu directed the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to go on compulsory pre-retirement leave.
In a post on his X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, Sani described the alleged directive as “most likely a social media entertainment news.”
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“The ‘Presidential directive’ to Professor Mahmood to proceed on leave is most likely a social media entertainment news,” he wrote.
The speculation had followed claims that Tinubu was briefed by Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, and subsequently asked Yakubu to step aside.
According to the unfounded report, Governor Uzodimma accused the INEC boss of undermining the All Progressives Congress (APC) and secretly backing an opposition candidate in Imo.
Sani dismissed the entire report as false.
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