The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate and possibly prosecute the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari.
The call was premised on Yunusa-Ari’s declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, as the governor-elect in Saturday’s supplementary election. Yunusa-Ari had announced Binani as the winner of the supplementary polls while the collation of the results was underway, causing confusion in the state and drawing consternation across the country. However, according to the electoral law, the announcement should have been made by the returning officer of the election, who is a different person, usually an academic appointed by INEC for that purpose.
