Monday 29 May 2017

Professor Abubakar Momoh Dies


Auchi, Edo state-born professor of Political Science, and the Director-General of the National Electoral Institute, Abubakar Momoh, in the early hours of Monday passed on.

Momoh served as the Dean of Social Sciences at the Lagos State University, LASU, before he was made the chief executive of the Institute of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Confirming the death on his Facebook page, his associate and lawyer, Abdul Mahmoud wrote, “It’s true, I have just spoken to his brother-in-law”.

According to the profile of the deceased published by the African Leadership Centre, “Mr. Abubakar obtained PhD in political theory and began his lecturing career in 1988”.

Between 1991 and 1995, Momoh was the national treasurer of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

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