The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed that it received a letter from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), requesting that it investigates the role of the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Hudu Yunusa Ari in the state’s governorship election. Yunusa Ari was suspended by INEC after he declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, as the winner while results were yet to be fully collated.
The police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated in a press release that the NPF received INEC’s letter demanding an investigation into Yunusa-Ari’s conduct. In the statement, 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 also expressed the commitment of the NPF to upholding democratic values and ensuring that all persons involved in any wrongdoing during the elections are held accountable. The police have pledged to leave no stone unturned in unraveling the remote causes of the unwholesome conduct of the REC and ensuring that all those implicated in the course of the investigations are brought to book.
