Adams and a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, were not cleared by the Senate on Tuesday. The Senate recommended that the professor’s nomination be dropped because the matter is still pending before the Supreme Court. However, investigations by our correspondent revealed that the INEC panel Chairman, Senator Kabiru Gaya, suddenly summoned a meeting last night (Wednesday), with a sole agenda of clearing Adams. Earlier, Gaya had explained that when the university’s management dismissed Adams’ service, he went to Federal High Court for redress and he won. He said the professor is currently at the Supreme Court to seek redress because he claimed that the appellate court determined the case on technical grounds.

Source: Punch July 15, 2021 10:07 UTC