Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- On Tuesday, Mahmood Yakubu, who headed Nigeria's electoral commission, INEC, for a decade, bowed out and handed over to May Agbamuche-Mbu as acting chairperson.

Mr Yakubu left the commission before the expiration of his tenure.

PREMIUM TIMES can now report that Mr Yakubu formally resigned his appointment on 3 October, about a month ahead of the end of his tenure.

In his resignation letter addressed to President Bola Tinubu and sighted by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Yakubu expressed his wish for the resignation to take effect on Tuesday, 7 October.

"Please accept, your excellency, my appreciation for the opportunity to serve the nation as chairman of the electoral commission," he said.

Mr Yakubu had tried to leave office mont...