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Professor Mahmood Yakubu has handed over to May Agbamuche as the Acting National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Agbamuche is the oldest serving National Commissioner in the electoral body.
Professor Mahmood announced this on Tuesday at the ongoing meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners at the INEC headquarters in Abuja.
He solicited the support of the commissioners and directors of the commission for Agbamuche, until the appointment of a substantive chairman.
Agbamuche-Mbu, who is from Delta State and the South-South geopolitical zone, is the most senior National Commissioner in the Commission, according to information posted on the commission’s website.
Her elevation follows INEC’s internal succession procedure, which mandates the most senior Commissioner to assume leadership in an acting capacity pending the appointment of a substantive Chairman.
A legal practitioner with more than 30 years of professional experience, Agbamuche-Mbu is widely regarded as a thorough administrator and reform advocate.
Born in Kano State Agbamuche-Mbu began her early education at St. Louis Secondary School before earning a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1984. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985.
She later advanced her studies abroad, qualifying as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales at the College of Law, London, and earning an LL.M. in Commercial and Corporate Law from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. She also holds postgraduate degrees in International Dispute Resolution and International Business Law.
A member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), Nigeria Branch, Agbamuche-Mbu once served as its Secretary and is recognised as an expert in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). She has served in several national capacities, including as the sole solicitor on the Presidential Projects Assessment Committee (PPAC) from 2010 to 2011, where she was involved in assessing key infrastructure projects across the country.
