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Tanko, who expressed shock over the death, described Alhaji Abdulsalam as a gentleman and a good friend, whom they owed a special tribute.
“Accordingly, we at the National Conscience Party would like to send our condolences to his family, Labour Party, Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), the government and people of Niger State, and Paiko where Salam was a traditional title holder as Barde Paiko.
“Abdulkadir Salam was a courageous politician with a nose for business.
“But not even this affected his views on national issues which he often expressed unequivocally.
“Although a political party man, Salam often kept the masses in his heart from partisan frays. He has passed away when his services were most needed.
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In 1998, General Abdulsalami Abubakar replaced the Sumner Dagogo-Jack led National Electoral Commission (NEC) with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and appointed retired Justice Ephrain Omorose Ibukun Akpata as chairman. Justice Akpata conducted the 1998-1999 elections that ushered in the present democratic dispensation.
The retired Supreme Court jurist was taken out of office by death on January 8, 2000 and was succeeded by Sir Abel Guobadia. After Guobadia came Prof. Maurice Iwu in June 2005 but was removed from office in April 2010.
Prof. Attahiru Jega succeeded Prof. Iwu as chairman of INEC in June 2010 and lasted till July 2015 when he retired from service and handed over the baton to Mrs Amina Zakari in acting capacity. And, of course, Mrs Zakari surrendered the office to Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on November 9, 2015.
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