Top officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday reconvened at the state collation centre in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the officials reconvened amid heavy presence of security operatives.
INEC’s Administrative Secretary in the state, Adamu Gujungu, who has been mandated by to take the place of the erring Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari was seen at the collation centre.
This newspaper had reported that INEC on Tuesday wrote the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba to probe and prosecute the embattled REC, Ari.
INEC had on Sunday suspended collation for the Saturday supplementary governorship election in Adamawa after Ari announced Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner over the incumbent, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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