Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Humphrey Nwosu, has passed on at the age of 82.
Nwosu served as chairman of the then National Electoral Commission (NEC) from 1989 to 1993 before it was changed to INEC.
Nwosu died in a hospital in Virginia, United States of America (USA).
The former INEC Chairman was born on October 2, 1941. He oversaw the June 12, 1993 election, widely regarded as Nigeria’s freest and fairest between Chief M. K. O. Abiola of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Bashir Tofa of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC).
Nwosu was ordered to halt further announcements of the June 12 election by the military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida’s regime.
The innovative Option A4 voting system and the Open Ballot system were introduced under Nwosu’s leadership.