Mahmood Yakubu served under me before INEC job - Peter Obi reveals

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has narrated how he worked with the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof Mahmood Yakubu in the past.

On Friday, May 12, at a book launch in Awka, Anambra state, Peter Obi said that Prof Yakubu served under him at one point in his career.

According to Obi, while he was the chairman of the TETFUND committee, Prof Mahmood was his member.

He noted that he never made an attempt to approach Prof Yakubu in the buildup to the presidential polls despite his past relationship.

Obi said:

"...I have been the chairman of a committee; TETFUND committee, and Prof Mahmood was my member. We know ourselves, but when he became INEC chairman, I have never met him. I told him, you’re an umpire, just do what is right.

“If you have the chance to do the right thing, and you insist on perpetuating anarchy, then, it will consume everybody one day. I insist that we must do the right thing.”

Following the end of the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi has headed to court to challenge the outcome of the results that produced Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the polls.