Hudu Ari, the resident electoral commissioner for Adamawa State, has been told to avoid the state office by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The instruction was included in a memo, INEC/SEC/442/V.II, delivered to Ari on Monday and signed by Rose Oriaran-Anthony, the Commission’s Secretary. It stated: I hereby express the Commission’s determination that you (Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari), Resident Electoral Commissioner, Adamawa State, should immediately cease visiting the office of the commission in Adamawa State till further notice. It has been ordered that the Administrative Secretary assume complete control of INEC, Adamawa State, immediately.
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Ari served as the REC for the governorship election in Adamawa State.
However, controversy occurred on Sunday morning when he declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as ‘Binani’ as the winner of Saturday polls in the state even before conclusion of the process.
The ANAEDOONLINE reports on Sunday that Ari had been invited by the electoral umpire to Abuja, thereby declaring the supplementary election as null and void.
The electoral guidelines do not allow the REC to declare state election results.
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