The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has verified receiving a letter from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) requesting that it conduct an investigation into suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Hudu Yunusa Ari’s role in the state’s governorship election.
Ari was suspended by the election commission for declaring the All Progressives Congress gubernatorial candidate, Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, as the winner while the results were still being tallied.
The police have now verified that they received the INEC letter demanding that Yunusa-Ari be investigated. In a statement, NPF spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi said:
“The Nigeria Police Force is in receipt of a letter dated 18th April 2023 from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) detailing the alleged impropriety of the actions of one Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), during the recently concluded supplementary elections and called on the Police to investigate and possibly prosecute the REC for his actions.“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, CFR, has directed an investigative team to work in collaboration with the INEC to expedite action on the contents of the letter.“The Inspector-General of Police while expressing the commitment of the NPF to upholding democratic values, assures Nigerians and the international community, that the Police will leave no stone unturned in unraveling the remote causes of the unwholesome conduct of the REC as well as ensure that all persons fingered in the course of investigations are brought to book.”