Suspended Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in Adamawa State, Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari has been granted administrative bail by the police.
Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi disclosed this in a statement on Friday, May 5.
The suspended Adamawa REC was arrested by the Police Election Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Team in Abuja on Tuesday, May 2 over his controversial declaration of gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru as winner of the election in Adamawa state.
“The Nigeria Police Force hereby confirms that Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who has been in custody for interrogations by the police in the course of investigations into allegations of impropriety during the supplementary gubernatorial pools in the state, has been granted administrative bail by the Police while investigations subsist.
“He is expected to report at the Police Headquarters every weekday while investigations are ongoing on the matter,” the statement read.