A former chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), who performed the June 12, 1993 basic elections, Professor Humphrey Nwosu, has handed on.
Prof Nwosu died in a hospital within the United States, in keeping with a dependable supply who confirmed the information to Blueprint.
An official assertion concerning his dying is predicted to be launched any second quickly.
Born on October 2, 1941, Nwosu was appointed NEC chairman by then Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida and served from 1989 to 1993.
During his tenure, he performed Nigeria’s historic June 12, 1993 election extensively considered the freest and fairest within the nation’s historical past.
The election noticed Chief Moshood Abiola because the presumed winner however was nevertheless annulled in controversial circumstances.
Chief Abiola of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) reportedly beat Bashir Tofa of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC).
Nwosu’s legacy stays deeply intertwined with the June 12 election, which has since grow to be an emblem of democratic wrestle in Nigeria, because the federal authorities beneath President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared June 12 Democracy Day.
