The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it
will write Baba Ahmed, inspector-general of police, to investigate and
prosecute Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the resident electoral commissioner (REC) for
Adamawa.
The decision was taken on Tuesday at the technical meeting
attended by national commissioners of INEC in Abuja.
The electoral umpire has also decided to write Boss
Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation, to brief President
Muhammadu Buhari about the “unwholesome behaviour” of the REC.
The electoral body said the collation process “shall resume
at a time to be determined” by the returning officer.
The Adamawa governorship supplementary election was
conducted on Saturday following the declaration of the March 18 poll as
inconclusive over alleged irregularities.
The collation of election results was suspended till Sunday
after results from 10 LGAs were announced.
But Yunusa-Ari declared Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, candidate of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the election when results
from the remaining LGAs had not been announced.
INEC subsequently discontinued the exercise and described
his action as null and void, adding that the declaration of a winner is the
responsibility of the returning officer.
The development triggered protests in Adamawa state. Members
of the PDP staged a demonstration on Monday, marching through the streets of
Yola, the capital of the state.
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) had condemned
the REC’s action and called on INEC to “sanction all erring officials who
carried out the illegal” declaration of Binani as the winner of the poll.
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