JUST IN: Suspended Adamawa REC ordered to report at police HQ every weekday | TheCable
Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended resident electoral commissioner in Adamawa, has been directed to report to the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force every weekday.In a statement issued on Friday, Muyiwa Adejobi, the police spokesperson, said an investigation is still ongoing on the REC’s actions during the Adamawa governorship election.
“The Nigeria Police Force hereby confirms that Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner , who has been in custody for interrogations by the police in the course of investigations into allegations of impropriety during the supplementary gubernatorial pools in the state, has been granted administrative bail by the Police while investigations subsist,” he said.
Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , was eventually declared the winner of the election. The electoral umpire later wrote to the police to prosecute Yunusa-Ari over the electoral infraction. On April 20, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the suspension of the Adamawa REC pending the completion of the investigation by the police.
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