As a result of the indefinite suspension of Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has decided to prosecute the officer.
NewsBreakNaija gathered that the electoral umpire, rising from its meeting this morning, resolved to write the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to investigate the suspended REC and prosecute him accordingly.
This medium equally gathered collation of results may resume any moment from now.
Hudu had illegally declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Binani as Governor-Elect of Adamawa State following the supplementary election held on Saturday, April 15, 2023.
However, INEC management immediately pronounced the declaration illegal, null and void and summoned the REC to Abuja, following which he was placed on an indefinite suspension.
Festus Okoye, Commissioner in-charge of voter education, had in a statement described the action of the REC as usurpation of the powers of the Returning Officer for Adamawa State governorship election.
