Shehu Sani, the senator who represented Kaduna Central in the eighth National Assembly, has reacted to rumours of the demise of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Mahmood Yakubu.

A report on Saturday, December 14, alleged that Yakubu had died in London following a “brief illness”.

In a swift reaction to the development, INEC's Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi, dismissed the rumour that its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, passed away at a London hospital in the United Kingdom.

INEC said in a statement that the fake news narrative circulating on social media appeared on Monday, December 9th, 2024.

The commission said Prof. Yakubu is alive, hale, and hearty and has not travelled to London in the last two years.

But Shehu Sani, in a post shared on his X page on Saturday, debunked the rumours.

The former Kaduna senator and PDP chieftain, Sani tweeted: "An Online media reported that the INEC Chair is dead, yesterday I saw him in white. May be it’s the ghost."

An Online media reported that the Inec Chair is dead,yesterday I saw him in white.May be it’s the ghost.

— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) December 14, 2024