Former Minister of Transportation and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has alleged that Prof Mahmood Yakubu became the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the recommendation of a camp loyal to the president-elect, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu.

The former Rivers State Governor, who voted midday, while decrying what he called a total failure of governance in Nigeria, also said that his political party did not contest against the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the police.