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The United States (US) government has banned Prof Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) alongside hundreds of others from getting its Visa following their alleged infamous role in the recently conducted general elections in Nigeria.

The Visa ban list, which also includes their wives, children, and relatives, will be submitted to the White House, US Congress, and State Department on Monday, April 3, 2023 for immediate action.

The list includes Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers, former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, the spokesman of the president-elect, Bayo Onanuga, ex-aviation minister, Femi-Kayode, MC Oluomo, chairman of Lagos State Motor Park Management, who during the governorship election threatened the Igbo ethnic group in Lagos if they did not vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

The comprehensive list is as follows:

INEC CHAIRMAN & NATIONAL COMMISSIONERS

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman
Prof Sam. Olugbadebo Olumekun
Prof. Rhoda Gumus
Retired Major Gen Modibbo Alkali
Ukeagu Kenneth Nnamdi
Mohammed Kudu Haruna
Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu
Barrister Festus Okoye
Dr. Baba Bila
Prof. Abdullahi Abdu Zuru
Prof. Sani Muhammad Adam SAN
Prof. Muhammad Sani Kallah
Prof. Kunle Cornelius Ajayi

STATE RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS

Adamawa State: Barr. Nuhu Yunusa

Akwa Ibom State: Cyril Omorogbe

Anambra State: Mrs. Queen Elizabeth Agu

Bauchi State: Mohammed Bulama Nura

Bayelsa: Mr. Emmanuel Alex-Hart

Benue State: Prof. Samuel G. Egwu

Borno State: Mohammed Magaji Ibrahim

Cross River State: Prof Gabriel Yomere

Delta State: Rev Monday Udoh Tom.

Ebonyi State: Onyeka Pauline Ugochi

Edo State: Obo O. Effanga

Ekiti State: Prof. Ayobami Salami

Enugu State: Dr. Chukwuemeka J. Chukwu

FCT: Yahaya Bello

Gombe State: Umar Ibrahim

Imo State: Prof. Sylvia Uchenna Agu

Jigawa State: Prof. Muhammad L. Bashar

Kaduna State: Ahmed Bello Mahmud

Kano State: Amb. Abdu Abdussamadu Zango

Katsina State: Prof. Yahaya Makarfi Ibrahim

Kebbi State: Barr. Ahmad Bello Mahmud (Admin Sec)

Kogi State: Dr. Hale Longpet

Kwara State: Malam Attahiru Madami

Lagos State: Mr. Olusegun Agbaje

Nasarawa State: Dr. Uthman A. Ajidagba

Niger State: Alhaji Ahmed Yusha’u Garki

Ogun State: Niyi Ijalaye

Osun State: Dr. Agboke Mutiu Olaleke

Ondo State: Mr. Oyekola Oyelami

Oyo State: Dr Adeniran Tella

Plateau State: Dr. Agundu Oliver Tersoo

River State: Obo Effanga/ Johnson Sinikiem

Sokoto State: Dr. Nura Ali

Taraba State: Alh. Umar Mukhtar Gajiram

Yobe State: Ibrahim Abdullahi
Zamfara State: Prof. Saidu Ahmad Babura.