Sumner Dagogo-Jack

Chief Sumner Karibi Dagogo-Jack (born 1930) was chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON) appointed by President Sani Abacha, holding office from 1994 to 1998.

[3] Under Dagogo-Jack, NECON registered five political associations, none led by credible politicians.

[4] The commission conducted elections for the local government councils and the National Assembly.

[5] The elected officers had not been inaugurated when Abacha died suddenly in June 1998, and his successor Abdulsalami Abubakar initiated a fresh electoral process that would lead to the establishment of the Nigerian Fourth Republic in May 1999.

[1] Dagogo-Jack hails from Abonnema, in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.