INEC Boss Swears In Two New RECs For Taraba, Cross River

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tuesday got on board two new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs)
The  two RECs ; Johnson Alalibo representing Bayelsa  State and Umar Gajiram representing  Borno State in the commission were screened and confirmed by the Nigerian Senate earlier as requested by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Swearing the new Commissioners in , the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu urged them to live above board, in line with the intergrity demanded of the job.
The appointment of Gajiram  came as a replacement for  late  Baba Yusuf who was REC for Taraba State.
On the other hand, Alalibo was appointed  to replace Frankland Briyai who resigned as Cross River REC to contest for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries for Bayelsa state in the 2018 gubernatorial election.
Messrs Alalibo and Gajiram   were immediately redeployed to Cross River and Taraba states respectively by the INEC Chairman , Mahmood Yakubu.

Nneka Amaechi-Nnadi, Abuja