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INEC Staff Send Off Ex-Chairman Mahmood Yakubu With Funeral Hymn ‘God Be With You Till We Meet Again’


In a short video making the rounds on social media, several INEC staff members were seen bidding farewell to Yakubu at the commission’s headquarters, singing the Christian hymn traditionally used during burials and farewells.

Staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have held a symbolic send-off for the outgoing chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, marking the end of his controversial tenure with a solemn rendition of the funeral hymn, “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.”

The mood, while seemingly respectful, carried undertones of irony given the deep controversies that have defined Yakubu’s leadership since the 2023 general elections.

The event, which appeared informal, took place shortly after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu formally confirmed Yakubu's exit as chairman of the electoral umpire.

SaharaReporters on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, reported that a statement issued by President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, noted that Yakubu, who was first appointed in November 2015 as the 14th chairman of the electoral body and reappointed in 2020, had completed his 10-year tenure.

However, SaharaReporters had reported that Yakubu’s tenure was not due to end until the first week of December, but President Tinubu had directed him to proceed on early terminal leave.

He was first appointed INEC Chairman on October 21, 2015, by then-President Muhammadu Buhari, succeeding acting chairperson Amina Zakari. Following Senate confirmation on October 29, 2015, he was sworn in on November 9, 2015.

After completing his first term in November 2020, Yakubu was nominated for a second and final term by President Buhari, confirmed by the Senate, and sworn in on December 1, 2020.

SaharaReporters earlier exclusively reported that President Tinubu had finally approved the replacement of Yakubu with Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN), ahead of the forthcoming Anambra governorship election.

Amupitan will be presented to the Council of State on Thursday in Abuja, barring last-minute changes.

Yakubu’s tenure was marked by widespread controversy, especially after the 2023 general elections, which triggered intense criticism from opposition political parties, civil society groups, human rights activists, pro-democracy advocates, and sections of the international community.

Before the 2023 polls, Yakubu had promised a transparent, technology-driven process, anchored on the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV).

However, the failure of the results portal to function effectively on Election Day, particularly on the presidential and National Assembly elections, led to allegations of vote manipulation and loss of public trust.

The presidential election results, declaring President Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner, were heavily contested by opposition candidates Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, both of whom accused INEC of failing to uphold its commitment to credibility and transparency.

Yakubu, who blamed the issues on a “technical glitch” during the elections, faced numerous petitions calling for his resignation, including protests in Abuja and Lagos, where demonstrators accused the electoral body of “betraying the will of Nigerians.”

Human rights groups such as SERAP and the Transition Monitoring Group also demanded accountability for what they described as the “technical failure and human compromise” that marred the elections.

Despite the criticisms, Yakubu consistently defended the commission’s integrity, insisting that “the elections reflected the choice of Nigerians” and that logistical and technical challenges were not deliberate.

The mournful song sung by the INEC staff members, traditionally used to bid farewell to the departed souls, appeared to encapsulate both farewell and relief.

https://saharareporters.com/2025/10/08/inec-staff-send-ex-chairman-mahmood-yakubu-funeral-hymn-god-be-you-till-we-meet-again?fbclid=Iwb21leANTfF1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhJMzxCU1NQ0C-nmfROlNSAnZLHI6JLXyGGuMB7X605IKrAvrijogSfS0bdo_aem_uRDhNu3e86sDuNK4g1G7Sg

The man is terrible. His name should be changed to Mr Server Glitch.

Maxymilliano:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/10/08/inec-staff-send-ex-chairman-mahmood-yakubu-funeral-hymn-god-be-you-till-we-meet-again?fbclid=Iwb21leANTfF1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhJMzxCU1NQ0C-nmfROlNSAnZLHI6JLXyGGuMB7X605IKrAvrijogSfS0bdo_aem_uRDhNu3e86sDuNK4g1G7Sg

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They are free to play or sing any type of song they like. Prof. Yakubu have done perfectly well.

Another way of wishing him a happy retirement to the afterlife

This is it againa new acting chairman took over and she is Delta Igbo and burial song were sang for her predecessor another hate antics seriously we are removing that woman latest by next Friday, no room for hate.

Bye

Server-Glitch INEC chairman..

So he was a useless chairman then?

I have not seen sore loser like this before.

Why singing burial hymm for him now?

Abi he did not share tinubus bribe with them ni?

A opade, akoni yarawa. A opade leti odo.

some people are shameless here on nairaland ....
people praising yakubu are evil people

The new chairman will sack 80% of those stuffs and put on his APCheat miscreants.

The new chairman will sack 80% of those stuffs and put on his APCheat miscreants. It's well with you people o

Many Nigerian s are indeed very very very very veryveyr u5eless celebrating a fraud

It shall never be well eith him.

iwaeda:
A opade, akoni yarawa. A opade leti odo.

this hyme dey make me bust tears than even the person that dead self. The owner of this sing need to be flog wetin no good.

madridguy:
They are free to play or sing any type of song they like. Prof. Yakubu have done perfectly well.

Yes ooo he is very perfect in rigging..being perfect doesn't means he did right

He lived a terrible life

Sad songs.

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Hian .

Tired of this 100 xters

Sowore and his fake news media Sahara desperado get problems, many problems. That’s not funeral hymn

I don't understand. We used to sing this hymn at the close of term or session in my secondary school days.


It is now a new culture by penterascals to sing at funerals.

MightySparrow:
I don't understand. We used to sing this hymn at the close of term or session in my secondary school days.


It is now a new culture by penterascals to sing at funerals.

My brother, I am really surprised ooooo. This is the joke that Sowore and his illiterate supporters and fake news media have turned themselves into

SmartPolician:
The man is terrible. His name should be changed to Server Glitch.

His name is officially Glitches Inconclusive.

Is this song particularly dedicated for funerals only?

As if the man is going to hell and they are escorting him through the furnace and at the same time looking at the place they also will surely come to when they are done......most Nigerians, if not all Nigerians, will go to hell fire despite the present hell you all are enjoying In the hands of BAT........its not a curse but the truth................

Maxymilliano:

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https://saharareporters.com/2025/10/08/inec-staff-send-ex-chairman-mahmood-yakubu-funeral-hymn-god-be-you-till-we-meet-again?fbclid=Iwb21leANTfF1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhJMzxCU1NQ0C-nmfROlNSAnZLHI6JLXyGGuMB7X605IKrAvrijogSfS0bdo_aem_uRDhNu3e86sDuNK4g1G7Sg

Who named it funeral hymn? Did it conveyed their message or not?

The electorates whose results were altered will have their voices someday

God be with you till we meet again is not ONLY meant for funeral. It is either the OP is an atheist, traditionalist, Muslim or unaffiliated!