- The claim that INEC’s chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, regretted declaring Bola Tinubu winner of the 2023 presidential election has been fact-checked
- Tinubu defeated Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and his LP counterpart, Peter Obi, to emerge as the winner of the election
- A fact-checking platform investigated the claim about the INEC chairman and discovered it to be false
Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.
As Nigerians grapple with the current economic hardship in the country, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has come under heavy criticism for declaring Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.
