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.
