In the next few weeks Nigeria will be informed of what happened. Under the law, he should be prosecuted by INEC.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – The National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it will take action on the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner of Adamawa State, Hudu Ari, in the coming weeks.
Ari made national headlines when he declared Aisha Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the Adamawa State gubernatorial election while collation of results was ongoing
INEC’s National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, disclosed this on Friday, during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.
He was thereafter suspended and invited by the police to defend himself.
Okoye, while speaking, said: “In terms of the issue of the Adamawa REC, you are aware that (former) President Buhari suspended him before he left office and the police invited him to explain what happened.
“I am aware that the police have concluded an investigation. In the next few weeks Nigeria will be informed of what happened. Under the law, he should be prosecuted by INEC.
“There is an interface between the Nigerian Police and INEC. The commission was informed of some of the processes and procedures. Very soon the commission will take action on the REC,” he added