The immediate past National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu has been bestowed with national honours.
This came just hours after he handed over the baton to an acting National Chairman of the INEC.
Yakubu handed over to May Agbamuche as the Acting National Chairman of the electoral umpire.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has now bestowed the honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger, CON, on him.
The president's media aide Bayo Onanuga, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said Tinubu has accepted Yakubu's departure as chairman of INEC.
Onanuga said Tinubu had directed that Yakubu should "hand over to the most senior national commissioner, May Agbamuche-Mbu, who will direct the affairs of the commission until the completion of the process to appoint a successor.
"In the letter dated October 3, 2025, Professor Yakubu thanked the President for the opportunity to serve the nation as chairman of the commission since 2015".
NATIONAL POST recalls that Mahmood midwifed the election that brought Tinubu to power in 2023.
