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INEC Chairman, Yakubu Denies Ownership Of House Invaded By Angry Youths In Viral Video

A video clip circulating on social media platforms captured a large number of youths invading a mansion allegedly belong…

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A video clip circulating on social media platforms captured a large number of youths invading a mansion allegedly belong to Professor Mahmood Yakunbu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

VerseNews Nigeria reports that the angry youths were seen destrying the cars and every property in the building.

Reacting to the invasion, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, said Yakubu had no such property anywhere in the world.

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He therefore said the report is false and misleading.⁣

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“The property being purportedly attacked by some youths in a video clip, circulating on the social media, does not belong to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.⁣

“The INEC Chairman does not own the property in question in either Bauchi or anywhere else around the world.⁣

“This narrative is indeed the latest in the series of desperate smear campaign efforts by mischief makers. The public should disregard it,” Oyekanmi said.⁣

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