Prominent Lawyer Speaks on President Bola Tinubu Removing INEC Chairman after Suspending Bawa and Emefiele

• Barrister Malcolm Omirhobo has given reasons President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not remove Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of INEC
• The prominent human rights lawyer and activist said expecting the president to remove Yakubu from his position is like expecting a lizard to give birth to an alligator
• The legal practitioner claimed that President Tinubu is a beneficiary of the INEC chairman's "fraud and rigging" and, therefore, cannot sack him

Ikeja, Lagos state - Popular Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Malcolm Omirhobo, on Sunday, June 18, said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not remove Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Omirhobo, who trended in June 2022 when he appeared at the Supreme Court dressed like a traditional doctor, was reacting to a call by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, for Yakubu's removal.

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"Agbakoba making a very tall request", says Barrister Omirhobo

The former NBA chief said Yakubu has to leave his role as the INEC boss in order not to impede the electoral reform in Nigeria.

For Omirhobo, he believes President Tinubu will not remove Yakubu as he "benefited" from the INEC chairman's "fraud and rigging".

He wrote on his known Twitter handle:

"Agbakoba calls on Tinubu to remove INEC chairman.

"A very tall request . It's like expecting a lizard to give birth to an alligator . How do you expect a beneficiary of Inec chairman's fraud and rigging to sack him? Mission impossible."

Legit.ng reports that Barrister Omirhobo is a staunch critic of the ruling government. He was one of the critics of former president Muhammadu Buhari and has not ceased to attack the All Progressives Congress (APC) since President Tinubu took over the mantle of leadership.

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Agbakoba praises Tinubu for suspending Emefiele, Bawa, others

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Agbakoba praised President Tinubu for suspending Godwin Emefiele as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Abdulrasheed Bawa as chairman of the EFCC.

Agbakoba also applauded President Tinubu over fuel subsidy removal and check on forex corruption, adding that "endemic corruption has suffered a massive blow."

Agbakoba described the 2023 general elections as the worst in the history of Nigeria.

Source: Legit.ng