Since the illegal act of prematurely declaring the result of the election, Mr Ari has not responded to the phone calls by the commission and failed to obey the directive to present himself at the commission’s headquarters, said Mr Okoye.
, INEC, has said it is unaware of the whereabouts of its Resident Electoral Commission in Adamawa State, Hudu Ari. Mr Ari was the official who illegally declared Aishatu Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress , the winner of the Adamawa State governorship election last Sunday.
The INEC spokesperson, Festus Okoye, disclosed this during a Friday interview with Channels Television.The Illegality This immediately led to a controversy that saw the commission’s headquarters in Abuja quickly releasing a statement, describing Mr Ari’s actions as a usurpation of the power of the returning officers. It said the declaration by Mr Ari was null, void and of no effect.
Mr Okoye said the commission has written the police to probe and prosecute Mr Ari, making it the responsibility of the police to declare Mr Ari wanted if need be.
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