Mahmood Yakubu Alive and Well, Aide Confirms.

Mahmood Yakubu Alive and Well, Aide Confirms.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, is hale and hearty, not dead, his Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi, has said.

Oyekanmi in a statement on Saturday, also urged members of the public to disregard the ‘fake’ news circulated by a section of the social media, claiming the purported death of Yakubu in a London hospital.

According to him, the INEC chairman is alive, hale and hearty and has not travelled to London in the last two years.

“Our attention has been drawn to a fake news narrative circulated by a section of the social media claiming the purported death of the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at a London hospital. The story first appeared on Monday, 9th December 2024.

“We hereby appeal to the public to disregard the rumour. Prof. Yakubu is alive, hale and hearty. In fact, he has not travelled to London in the last two years.

“He was present at an interactive meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters on Wednesday, 11th December 2024.