…As IGP tasks investigative team to expedite action
The Nigeria Police Force said it has received a letter dated 18th April 2023 from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) detailing the alleged impropriety of the actions of 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.
According to the Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba, has directed an investigative team to work in collaboration with the INEC to expedite action on the contents of the letter.
Adejobi said: “The IGP while expressing the commitment of the NPF to upholding democratic values, assures Nigerians and the international community, that the Police will leave no stone unturned in unraveling the remote causes of the unwholesome conduct of the REC as well as ensure that all persons fingered in the course of investigations are brought to book.”
