President Tinubu Mourns NEC’s Ex Chairman, Humphrey Nwosu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow at the loss of a patriot and a national asset, Prof. Humphrey Nwosu. He was a former chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), who died in a US hospital.

President Tinubu commiserated with the family, friends and associates of Prof Nwosu, who he said; “played a significant role in shaping the democracy that Nigeria enjoys now.”

Recalling the fond memories of Prof. Nwosu as a bold and courageous administrator, the Nigerian Leader affirmed that the greatest honour to champions of democracy like Prof Humphrey Nwosu is to ensure credible, transparent and democratic, elections that would

He said; “Before the ill-fated presidential election, Nwosu’s NEC had conducted the governorship and parliamentary election using an innovative, inexpensive OPTION A-4, in which voters queued behind the photographs of candidates of their choice at polling stations.”

Prof. Nwosu was chairman of NEC from 1989 to 1993 and oversaw the historic June 12, 1993, presidential election, which General Ibrahim Babangida annulled.

President Tinubu prays God Almighty to grant the soul of the departed eternal rest and divine comfort for those who mourn him.

Mercy Chukwudiebere