The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday Monday asked the Resident Electoral Commissioner Habu Ari, who illegally announced the wrong governorship election result in Adamawa state to stay away from the commission’s office in the state.
Recall, on Sunday morning when newsmen, observers and party agents had gathered for the resumption of the collation of results of Saturday’s supplementary governorship elections, Ari breezed in at 9.00am and declared Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed(Binani)of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election.
As a first step, the electoral body disowned the REC’s decision, saying it’s null and void.
And further to that, in a letter Monday, INEC Secretary Rose Oriaran-Anthony said the commission also directed the administrative secretary in the state to take charge of its activities with immediate effect.
This comes barely 24 hours after Ari was summoned to the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. It was not clear if the REC obeyed the directive that he should report to Abuja, as INEC’s spokesperson, Festus Okoye, did not respond to calls when one of our reporters sought some clarification in this regard.
