9th October 2025, NewsOrient, News, Politics, Governance And Development,

Following the exit of Prof Mahmood Yakubu, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),

Already, the National Council of State has approved Amupitan’s nomination.

Presenting the candidate to the Council of State, President Tinubu said Amupitan is “apolitical.”

Council members unanimously supported the nomination.

President Tinubu is now expected to send Amupitan’s name to the Senate for screening.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN,
Amupitan, 58, is from Ayetoro Gbede, Ijumu LGA in Kogi State.

He is a Professor of Law at the University of Jos, Plateau State.

Currently, he serves as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) at the University of Jos. He is also the current Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Joseph Ayo Babalola University in Osun State.

Called to the bar in 1988, Prof Amupitan, SAN, is the author of many books in law, including Corporate Governance: Models and Principles (2008); Documentary Evidence in Nigeria (2008); Evidence Law: Theory and Practice in Nigeria (2013), Principles of Company Law (2013) and an Introduction to the Law of Trust in Nigeria (2014).

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