{"id":198836,"date":"2026-04-11T18:52:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/aisha-yesufu-calls-for-inec-chair-amupitans-resignation"},"modified":"2026-04-11T20:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:14:03","slug":"aisha-yesufu-calls-for-inec-chair-amupitans-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/aisha-yesufu-calls-for-inec-chair-amupitans-resignation","title":{"rendered":"Aisha Yesufu Calls for INEC Chair Amupitan&#8217;s Resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Activist, Aisha Yesufu, on Saturday joined the increasing number of Nigerians calling for the sack of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Chairman, Joash Amupitan.<\/p>\n<p>Yesufu said it has become mandatory for Amupitan to leave INEC due to his partisan nature.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, the member of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, said the opposition party is not in existence for jokes.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote: \u201cI love how active Nigerians have become! #ActiveCitizens<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always focus on the little wins. They snowball into the big wins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome years ago, Amupitan would have gotten away with what he tried to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this stage it becomes mandatory that #AmupitanMustGo. My party is not here to play!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most painful part of all of this for me is that I will not be in the country for my FIRST party convention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have accepted months ago to be at a workshop in Brazil. ADC Arise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Activist, Aisha Yesufu, on Saturday joined the increasing number of Nigerians calling for the sack of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Chairman, Joash Amupitan. Yesufu said it has become mandatory for Amupitan to leave INEC due to his partisan nature. 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