The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has ordered an investigation into the activities of Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Hudu Yunusa-Ari during the recently concluded supplementary Adamawa State Governorship Elections.
This development is coming shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, appealed to the IGP to investigate and possibly prosecute Yunusa-Ari over his conduct during the electoral exercise.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Sunday, said the police is in receipt of the letter from INEC dated April 18, 2023 “detailing the alleged impropriety of the actions of one Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)”.
Adejobi noted that the commission called on the police to investigate and possibly prosecute the REC “for his actions”.
He added that the inspector general “has directed an investigative team to work in collaboration with the INEC to expedite action on the contents of the letter”.
It would be recalled that Yunusa-Ari had allegedly usurped the role of the Returning Officer to prematurely announce the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru, as the winner while collation was ongoing.
