The University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka, Enugu state, is set to organise a colloquium in honour of the late Humphrey Nwosu, former chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC).
The colloquium, “Three Decades after the Annulment of the June 12th, 1993, Presidential Election: Lessons for Nigeria’s Democracy,” will take place on March 21 at the Moot Court Hall, Faculty of Law, UNN, Enugu campus.
The colloquium is being organisied by UNN’s department of political science, faculty of social sciences.
Peter Mbah, governor of Enugu, is the special guest of honour, while Chinedu Nebo, the vice-chancellor of the University on the Niger, Umunaya, Anambra state, is the chairman of the occasion.
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Speakers expected at the event include Emeka Ihedioha, former governor of Imo; Osita Chidoka, former minister of aviation; Chinyere Okunna, deputy vice-chancellor of Paul University, Awka, Anambra state; Umar Dangiwa, retired colonel; and Bukhari Bello, former executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria (NHRC).
On October 24, 2024, Nwosu died in a hospital in Virginia, United States, at 83.
Nwosu, a professor of political science, headed the electoral commission from 1989 to 1993. NEC is now known as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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He oversaw the June 12, 1993, presidential election, which is regarded as the freest and most credible in Nigeria’s history.
The late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola was believed to have won the election, which was annulled by Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, then military president.
Nwosu went into exile after the annulment and lived the rest of his life as a recluse since 1993.
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