The Former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Professor Humphrey Nwosu, has been reported dead.
According to VANGUARD report, a reliable source revealed that Nwosu died in a hospital in the United States.
An official statement regarding his death is yet to be released.
The Late Prof was born on October 2, 1941, he was appointed NEC Chairman by then Military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, serving from 1989 to 1993. During his tenure, he conducted Nigeria’s historic June 12, 1993 election, widely regarded as the freest and fairest in the country’s history. The election saw Chief Moshood Abiola as the presumed winner.
