The Chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) from 1989 to 1993, Professor Humphrey Nwosu, has died.
NEC is now known as the
Independent National Electoral Commission.
Nwosu, who was born on October
2, 1941, died in a hospital in Virginia, United States of America.
Following his appointment by
then dictator Ibrahim Babangida, Nwosu conducted the June 12, 1993 election,
which was seen as the freest and fairest election till date in Nigeria.
The presidential election was
won by Chief Moshood Abiola, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party,
defeating Bashir Tofa, the candidate of the National Republican Convention.
Nwosu's commission introduced
the novel Option A4 voting system and the Open ballot system.
Nwosu had released many of the
election results when he was ordered by the Babangida military regime to stop
further announcement.
In July 2024, the House of
Representatives called on President Bola Tinubu to immortalise Nwosu.
The lawmakers wanted him
immortalised for conducting the election adjudged as the freest and most
credible in post-independence Nigeria.
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