Photos: INEC Chairman Yakubu pay condolence visit to IGP Idris over death of police officers in Rivers State

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu and his management team on Wednesday, December 21st, paid condolence visit to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, for the death of Police officers in the December 10th Rivers re-run election, in his office at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters Abuja.

Meanwhile, the commission has set up a four-man committee to investigate the role of it staff in the conduct of the rerun elections. In a bulletin issued on Wednesday in Abuja, it stated that the committee was expected to submit its report on Jan. 30, 2017.

The committee headed by Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu, was also mandated to determine the involvement and possible culpability of INEC officials in the conduct and outcome of the elections and "recommend appropriate sanctions against officials involved in any infractions and commendation for exceptional performance"

Other members of the committee includ AVM Ahmed Mu'azu, INEC National Commissioner, Prof. Jacob Jatau, FCT Resident Electoral Commissioner and Omoloja Tajudeen, INEC Deputy Director(Discipline)

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