Best way to honour Nwosu is to conduct credible elections –—Tinubu

• Mourns ex-NEC Boss

President Bola Tinubu has said that the best way to honour the late chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, is to ensure that elections in the country are credible, transparent and democratic.

This was contained in President Tinubu’s tribute to Nwosu made public through his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on Friday.

Nwosu was the chairman of NEC from 1989 to 1993 and oversaw the historic June 12, 1993, presidential election, which General Ibrahim Babangida annulled.

Before the ill-fated presidential election, Nwosu’s NEC had conducted the governorship and parliamentary elections using an innovative, inexpensive  OPTION A-4, in which voters queued behind the photographs of candidates of their choice at polling stations.

President Tinubu, in the statement, said that making elections to reflect the people’s right to choose their leaders and shape their future should be the greatest honour to champions of democracy like Prof. Nwosu.

The statement read: “President Bola Tinubu commiserates with the family, friends and associates of Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, a former chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), who died in a U.S. hospital on October 24.

“The President holds fond memories of Nwosu as a bold and courageous administrator.

“He expresses his deep sorrow at the loss of a patriot and national asset who played a significant role in shaping the democracy that Nigeria enjoys today.

“President Tinubu affirms that the greatest honour to champions of democracy like Nwosu is to ensure that elections in the country remain credible, transparent and democratic, reflecting the people’s right to choose their leaders and shape their future.”

The President prayed to God to grant the soul of the departed political scientist eternal rest and divine comfort for those who mourn him.