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Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by Timothystone199(m): 7:58pm On Oct 09, 2025
Newsgeek24:
This man is from my home town ayetoro gbede kogi state ijumu local government he is from ayede quarters
https://news360ng.com/breaking-tinubu-appoints-joash-amupitan-as-new-inec-chairman/
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by Reloadedisraelp: 8:06pm On Oct 09, 2025
When I tell una say tinubu smart pass all past Nigeria president una no go believe.... Point fingers to a tribe let see.😁
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by OmoOshodi(m): 8:12pm On Oct 09, 2025
Amupitan's family name is about to go down in the black book of Nigeria history...
What a pity.....

Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by zelnababa(m): 8:23pm On Oct 09, 2025
donleo92:
We know......


He can't have an Igbo lady or a well learnt person that wouldn't bow to him, an inec chairman.

But why is the president electing or choosing an inec chairman 🤔
cus he is the president.
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by donmik: 8:32pm On Oct 09, 2025
The entire constitution is planned in favour of the govt authorities

I wonder where all this came up from that no one spoke out then
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by donmik: 8:35pm On Oct 09, 2025
FreeStuffsNG:
He is a Northerner.
Tribal inclination nko?
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by Engrghidazuka: 8:42pm On Oct 09, 2025
He is a Yaruba man from Kogi state, hence bearing Ojo!

FlamingBulb:
Kogi Up Up Up Up We go
Hausa cannot complain he is not from North
Igbo cannot complain he is Yoruba
Yoruba cannot complain he is not Yoruba
Tinubu just dey confuse him enemies 😁
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by sevenhundred(m): 8:44pm On Oct 09, 2025
AsgardKing:
The president is way smarter than imagined. Nigerians will experience a FREE and FAIR election hence why he is making very strong political moves. Now, his successors are being set up because they will not be able to undo the upcoming cleaner format that the 2027 election would be because the Tinubu reference would be strong.

The guest is, if IREV worked well, would Peter win? If IREV worked well, would Atiku win?

Now Tinubu has incumbency to win and doesn't need the INEC, be will bequeath a clean INEC election in 2031. The question then would be, would the politicians then be able to withstand FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS that Amupitan would oversee.
olofo
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by Gotocourt: 8:47pm On Oct 09, 2025
akpumping7720:
How will he be able to achieve that ? Do you know the number of wards in Nigeria?
Tinubu didn't leave APC when he was humiliated.
LP or ADC or ADA can never defeat PDP or APC in any general election. You know why?
Electoral law Amendment will do that Sir.
Cancel ward coalition centers, just direct transmission of results 🤷🏿
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by delpee(f): 9:06pm On Oct 09, 2025
FlamingBulb:
Kogi Up Up Up Up We go
Hausa cannot complain he is not from North
Igbo cannot complain he is Yoruba
Yoruba cannot complain he is not Yoruba
Tinubu just dey confuse him enemies 😁
🤣🤣🤣
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by Krankhead: 9:12pm On Oct 09, 2025
Obi and Atiku in comma
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by MrSly(m): 9:14pm On Oct 09, 2025
FlamingBulb:
Kogi Up Up Up Up We go
Hausa cannot complain he is not from North
Igbo cannot complain he is Yoruba
Yoruba cannot complain he is not Yoruba
Tinubu just dey confuse him enemies 😁
The way you guys think eeeh? What is genius in announcing a person whom we knew more than 4 days ago. These people and praise mongering eeeh!!!!! Maybe Kogi has become Hausa, Igno and Yoruba at the same time that is why una Tinubu is a genius, a man who is a drug pusher.
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by Oluwatobiloba07(m): 9:59pm On Oct 09, 2025
Is kogi part of southwest(Yoruba land) as you mentioned?


truthera:
Hmmm so 2027 rigging program has official been activated. Amupitan is a yoruba man from Kogi state appointed by Tinubu the president another yoruba man, participating in the next presidential election.... exposed of submitting fraudulent documents in the last electon?
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by kevotek1000(m): 10:07pm On Oct 09, 2025
Inec Chairman should be an elective position were citizens wil be able cast their votes. Apc a major political party that has more members in the upper and lower house. You get can't get free and fair election. The Senate and judiciary are already compromised
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by akpumping7720(m): 10:15pm On Oct 09, 2025
Gotocourt:
Electoral law Amendment will do that Sir.
Cancel ward coalition centers, just direct transmission of results 🤷🏿
cheesy cheesy cheesy
So officials and party agents won't be available in every polling units even with direct transmission of results?
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by Prince16: 10:54pm On Oct 09, 2025
OredoPikin:
Coming from the same ppl who say all the "Emekas" of delta/rivers are NOT igbós.
the bolded was ur statement.
Was that where I tagged you igbó?
I know say u go school.
Do better Biko.
Hian!

On this forum, it's the igbós that deny chukwuma nzeogwu because of the shame of the 1966 coup being labelled as ''igjo coup". That wa
nobody denied him. it is on this same forum, u guys will tag tony elumelu south south, tag Wike, ameachi and others south south, but the ones that do what u dont like from the same states are automatically tagged igbo. like emefiele, nzeogwu etc

why must u guys be 2face
emefiele and elumelu are from same village, you will tag elumelu south south to suit ur agenda and tag emefiele igbo
No need for too much turenchi, just visit these 2 sites and see where his igbó brethren were denying him.
https://www.nairaland.com/8136266/lieutenant-colonel-patrick-chukwuma-kaduna-nzeogwu

https://www.nairaland.com/7526611/someone-explain-why-kaduna-nzeogwu
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by chiefdiye(m): 2:10am On Oct 10, 2025
Can you do against Someone who appointed you?.... Something that is not an election.... A position of INEC boss should be an election since they also control election.... Someone just selected you and you expect a result that will not favour your boss
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by professorPABX: 3:18am On Oct 10, 2025
chiefdiye:
Can you do against Someone who appointed you?.... Something that is not an election.... A position of INEC boss should be an election since they also control election.... Someone just selected you and you expect a result that will not favour your boss
You can sponsor the Bill whenever PETER OBI becomes President.
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by Gotocourt: 6:00am On Oct 10, 2025
akpumping7720:
cheesy cheesy cheesy
So officials and party agents won't be available in every polling units even with direct transmission of results?
You don't even understand difference between polling units and ward coalition centers. Polling officials and party agents will definitely be at the units to conduct and monitor the elections. Election Results are altered and rigged at ward coalition centers. Read back my comment you first quoted
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by Dantatanazzy007: 8:11am On Oct 10, 2025
AsgardKing:
The president is way smarter than imagined. Nigerians will experience a FREE and FAIR election hence why he is making very strong political moves. Now, his successors are being set up because they will not be able to undo the upcoming cleaner format that the 2027 election would be because the Tinubu reference would be strong.

The guest is, if IREV worked well, would Peter win? If IREV worked well, would Atiku win?

Now Tinubu has incumbency to win and doesn't need the INEC, be will bequeath a clean INEC election in 2031. The question then would be, would the politicians then be able to withstand FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS that Amupitan would oversee.
For all dis you said did they give you 100 million to defend dere government?
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by akpumping7720(m): 8:58am On Oct 10, 2025
Gotocourt:
You don't even understand difference between polling units and ward coalition centers. Polling officials and party agents will definitely be at the units to conduct and monitor the elections. Election Results are altered and rigged at ward coalition centers. Read back my comment you first quoted
You are very funny; you said I don't understand the difference between polling units and ward coalition centers cheesy cheesy cheesy. Anyway this is a faceless forum. For Nigeria to be able to achieve what you said in your previous comment; we need to implement full e-voting. But as far as we continue to use paper ballots and uploading to server at ward coalition centers, my brother, we are still on a long thing.
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by Thanks18(m): 11:57am On Oct 10, 2025
NEW INEC CHAIRMAN WAS ONE OF THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE OF BOLA AHMED TINUBU IN THE 2023 ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL.🤔

FACT CHECK: Was Prof. Joash Amupitan a member of the legal team of Bola Tinubu and the APC in the presidential election petition of 2023?

Yes, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN—a distinguished Nigerian legal scholar, professor of law at the University of Jos, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria—was part of the legal team representing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 presidential election petition tribunal. The tribunal, presided over by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), heard challenges to Tinubu’s victory in the February 2023 general elections, primarily from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party (LP) led by Peter Obi.
Key Details of His Role
• Position on the Team: Amupitan served as lead counsel for the APC and Tinubu during the proceedings. This role involved defending the election’s integrity against allegations of irregularities, non-compliance with electoral laws (e.g., the Electronic Transmission of Results or IReV system), voter suppression, and Tinubu’s eligibility under Section 137 of the 1999 Constitution.
• Context of the Case: The APC’s defense, coordinated under lead counsel Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, argued that the petitioners failed to substantiate claims of widespread malpractice. Amupitan contributed to this strategy, focusing on legal precedents in electoral law, evidence admissibility, and procedural dismissals. The tribunal ultimately dismissed the petitions on September 6, 2023, upholding Tinubu’s victory in a unanimous 4-0 decision (with one justice recusing).
• Team Composition: The APC assembled a formidable team of over 50 Senior Advocates, including Olanipekun, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN, now Attorney-General), and others like Gordy Uche (SAN) and Adeniyi Akintola (SAN). Amupitan’s expertise in corporate governance, evidence law, and electoral reforms aligned with the defense’s emphasis on dismissing petitions for lack of merit.
Evidence and Sources
This involvement has been corroborated in multiple reports, particularly amid recent scrutiny following Tinubu’s nomination of Amupitan as INEC Chairman in October 2025. Civil society groups, such as the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria (COCSON), highlighted his prior role as a potential conflict of interest, urging rejection of the nomination to preserve INEC’s neutrality. For instance:
• COCSON explicitly noted Amupitan’s service as “lead counsel to the APC and President Tinubu during the 2023 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal,” arguing it could erode public trust in electoral impartiality.
Broader Implications
Amupitan’s participation underscores his deep engagement in high-stakes electoral litigation, drawing from his over 30 years of legal practice since being called to the Bar in 1988. However, his 2025 INEC nomination—approved by the Council of State on October 9, 2025, and pending Senate confirmation—has reignited debates on partisanship in public appointments. Tinubu described him as “apolitical and a man of integrity,” but critics point to this history as evidence of alignment with the APC.
This confirmation is based on contemporaneous 2023 reports and recent 2025 analyses of his career trajectory.

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Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by YouAreNobody: 12:08pm On Oct 10, 2025
akpumping7720:
They play.... So Peter Obi will win abi naaa Atiku? 😂
Not my concern who wins but if dem born tinubu well, let him test his popularity in a free and fair election
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by YouAreNobody: 12:09pm On Oct 10, 2025
Christlike01:
I guess your definition of a "free and fair" election means declaring someone from your village as a winner of any electoral contest,right? Agulu man will never be President of Nigeria — let it sink in.
If dem born Tinubu balablu well, let him test his popularity in a free and fair election
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by YouAreNobody: 12:11pm On Oct 10, 2025
hafeeanubasy:
Election victory is multifactorial

With this mumuism being done by all the opposition...Tinubu victory is sure
The opposition still has some time to get their shit together.
Let tinubu test his popularity in a free and fair election
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by YouAreNobody: 12:14pm On Oct 10, 2025
Commentor:
Why won't he win?

You mean all those senators and party members fleeing LP and PDP have no influence in their constituency?
PDP had plenty governors in their party but APC won.

APC had plenty governors but LP won in the south. Without the INEC server glitch brouhaha,northern support and massive rigging, Tinubu would've lost that election day

Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by Commentor: 12:15pm On Oct 10, 2025
YouAreNobody:
PDP had plenty governors in their party but APC won.

APC had plenty governors but LP won in the south. Without the northern support and massive rigging, Tinubu would've lost that election
Continue with your permutation.
In 2027, you'll start screaming "Rigging".
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by YouAreNobody: 12:18pm On Oct 10, 2025
Commentor:
Continue with your permutation.
In 2027, you'll start screaming "Rigging".
Y'all will cry. Let me see where tinubu will get his votes now the north has rejected him.

Same thing they did to Jonathan, they'll do to Tinubu
Re: Tinubu Names Prof. Joash Amupitan As New INEC Chairman by Commentor: 12:21pm On Oct 10, 2025
YouAreNobody:
Y'all will cry. Let me see where tinubu will get his votes now the north has rejected him.

Same thing they did to Jonathan, they'll do to Tinubu
No one should try to treat your delusion.

2027 would humbe you.
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