Joash Amupitan

The Supreme Sharia Council in Nigeria has denied claims circulating online that it directed Muslims to hold prayers to call for the removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan. In a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna, the council’s Secretary General, Nafiu Baba-Ahmad, said the organization had been inundated with questions regarding what …

Residents of Ayetoro Gbede in Ijumu Local Government Area of ​​Kogi State showed massive support to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, and warned critics to stop what they described as attempts to divert his attention from his constitutional duties. More than 1,000 indigenous people—mostly young people—marched through the community in solidarity, chanting slogans and …