INEC uploads Gombe as SDP National Chairman, party hails move

By Henry Umoru
ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded the name of Professor Sadiq Abubakar Gombe as the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in compliance with a Supreme Court judgment affirming the party’s autonomy in managing its internal affairs.
With the development, Professor Gombe replaces Shehu Musa Gabam, the party’s expelled national chairman, whose name had earlier been restored by INEC based on a Court of Appeal judgment.
The electoral commission also removed the names of other expelled party members from its records on Wednesday, a move the SDP described as a demonstration of respect for the rule of law and the author...