BREAKING: INEC, EFCC appoint 18 lawyers to prosecute electoral offenders
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Professor Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman
The Independent National Electoral Commission and the Economic and Financial Crime Commission have appointed 18 lawyers to prosecute electoral offenders.
They made the appointments via a letter seen by The Nation on Saturday.
The 18 lawyers – all legal officers of both INEC and the EFCC – will prosecute electoral offences relating to financial crimes arising from the 2023 general elections.
The first SAN on the list News Band Newspaper gathered is Abdulaziz Sani while the other SAN is Rotimi Oyedepo who is from the anti-graft agency.
The other lawyers from both commissions include Nasara H. Auta, Odinaka Ikoroha, Adeyemi Olufemi, Mahmud Tafarki, Ahmed Mohammed, Amaka Okwuaka, Enoch M. Akafa, and Temple Ukaegbu.
