Suspended Resident Electoral Commission in Adamawa State, Barr Yunusa Hudu Ari, has been granted an administrative bail. This is coming after he was arrested and subjected to interrogations over his declaration of the state’s governorship election result even when the process was still ongoing.
[16:01, 05/05/2023] D Boss: Suspended Resident Electoral Commission in Adamawa State, Barr Yunusa Hudu Ari, has been granted an administrative bail. This is coming after he was arrested and subjected to interrogations over his declaration of the state’s governorship election result even when the process was still ongoing.
[16:05, 05/05/2023] D Boss: According to Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Hudu-Ari is to report to the police headquarters every weekday until the conclusion of investigation on the matter. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had called for the arrest of Hudu over the illegal declaration of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Aisha Dahiru Ahmed, winner of the supplementary poll. The Independent National Electoral Commission had concluded the election and announced the incumbent governor, Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the authentic winner of the drama-filled poll. Security agencies had also been ordered to arrest and prosecute the embattled REC whose whereabouts had been unknown since the controversy started over two weeks ago.
Speaking from hiding with BBC Hausa, Ari said: “I never demanded any gratification from either Binani or Fintiri. None of the duo sent anything to me; if they have done so, by now they will be demanding their money back.”
Asked why he announced Binani as ‘winner’ in the first instance, the embattled REC said: “Votes polled by candidates were disclosed, I don’t have the papers with me here, but both in the main and supplementary elections, Binani scored 428,173 while Fintiri got 422,303 votes.
“I have no regrets at all as I acted under the law; it is the law that warranted what I did and it shall absolve me. I will surely turn myself in to the police. Before, there was no summon from the police but now there is one. I will soon come out from hiding.”