The Chairman of National Electoral Commission (NEC), Professor Humphrey Nwosu, has passed away.
Recall that National Electoral Commission (NEC) was changed to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from 1989 to 1993.
He was confirmed in a Virginia hospital in the United States.
Humphrey Nwosu as the Chief electoral officer, conducted the presidential election in 1993 which was regarded as the the fairest poll. In the election, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Chief Moshood Abiola, defeated Bashir Tofa of National Republican Convention.
It was recorded that Nwosu released significant election results even when he was ordered to stop by Ibrahim Babangida military regime but the election was later cancelled.
