Prof. Joash Amutan emerges as a probable successor of Incen …

Prof. Joash Ojo Amutan (San) emerged as the probable candidate to succeed Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as national president of the independent national electoral commission (Iner).

On Monday, a Saharareporter report said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had ordered Yakubu to proceed on leave before the expiry of his mandate.

The report cited privileged sources for having described the move as an answer to what they called the “last minute betrayal” of Yakubu of the Government All Progressives Congress (APC) who appointed it.

According to reports, the governor of the State of Imo Uzodimma met President Tinubu shortly after the president returned from a 12 -day work holiday, claiming that Yakubu efforts to record new political parties towards the end of his mandate had interrupted the preparations for Tinubu for a second term.

Sources, according to Saharareportters, said that the governor also said that Yakubu was secretly supporting a candidate for the elections of the governor of the state of the soul.

Following this briefing, according to Tinubu reported, he asked Yakubu to suspend all official tasks and to proceed on terminal leave.

The directive caused interruptions of the INCC, leading to the abrupt cancellation of the quarterly meeting of Yakubu with political parties, as well as a session planned with the organizations of civil society.

The president should present the name of a new Incen president at the National Assembly in the next few days, with sources that identify Prof. Amutan as a probable candidate.

Yakubu’s current five -year mandate will expire in the first week of December 2025, marking the conclusion of his ten -year service.

He was appointed Incen president on October 21, 2015 by the then president Muhammadu Buhari, succeeding the president of Interim Amina Zakari. After confirmation of the Senate on 29 October 2015, he swore on 9 November 2015.

After completing his first term in November 2020, Yakubu was appointed for a second and last mandate by President Buhari, confirmed by the Senate, and sworn on 1 December 2020.

“Tinubu is shopping for the replacement of Prof. Yakubu and Prof. Joash Ojo Amutan will probably be the next Incen president,” said a high -level government source in Saharareportters.

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■ AMUTAN profile

Amutan is a legal scholar and administrator with over 34 years of academic and professional experience. Originally from the area of ​​the local government of Ijumu in the state of Kogi, it is married to Dr. (Mrs.) YeMisi Amutan, and together they are blessed with four children.

Amutan began his academic journey at the University of Jos in 1989 as a teacher assistant. He constantly lifted himself in the academic ranks, becoming a reader in 2003 and professor of law in 2008.

Over the years, he has held several key administrative positions, including the Head of the Department of Public Law, the dean of the Faculty of Law, the President of the Decani and Directors Committee and a member of the University Government Council.

He was also part of the Government Councils of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the Council for Legal Education. Today is the deputy chief (administration) at the University of Jos.

In December 2023, Professor Amutan was inaugurated as a second chancellor and president of the Government Council of Joseph Ayo Babalola University (Jabu), thus offering affiliation with the school.

According to Records online, he obtained his degree in Law from the University of Jos in 1987 and was called to the Nigerian bar in 1988 after completing the lawyer program at the Nigerian law school, Lagos.

He continued to earn a Master in Law in 1993 and a PhD. In law in 2007, both from the University of Jos. In recognition of his successes in the legal profession, he was conferred on the prestigious title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (San) in 2014.

Its specialization areas include the test law, the corporate government, the company law and the privatization law.

During his career, Amutan contributed to research, focusing on the legal paintings for privatization, the reform of electoral laws and the reforms of oil laws and on the corporate government.

He is an active member of several professional bodies, including the Nigerian lawyer association, the Nigerian management institute and the National Association of Law Teachers. [SaharaReporters]

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