The newly sworn-in Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, has assumed office on Thursday.
Amupitan becomes the sixth substantive chairman of the electoral body since the return of democracy in 1999.
Amupitan was accompanied to the INEC headquarters in Abuja by members of his family and close friends.
Earlier on Thursday, President Bola Tinubu swore in the Law professor as the new INEC Chairman at the State House in Abuja, a week after the Senate confirmed his appointment following a rigorous screening on October 16.
During the ceremony, President Tinubu charged the new chairman to safeguard the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral process and strengthen the institutional capacity of the commission.