
Professor Mahmood Yakubu on Tuesday bowed out as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Yakubu, who was appointed in 2015, spent two terms of five years each, in office.
Thefrontrank reports that the INEC boss handed over to May Agbamuche, a National Commissioner in acting capacity.
The former INEC Chairman appealed to his former colleagues to cooperate with the Acting chairman pending the time a substantive head is appointed.
President Bola Tinubu is expected to name a new chairman for the electoral agency, any moment from now.
Appointment of a new INEC Chairman is expected to be one of the main issues to be discussed at the forthcoming Council of State meeting slated for later this week.