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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has granted administrative bail to Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Yunusa-Ari was arrested by the police over what many described as electoral rascality after he declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the governorship election held in Adamawa State.
Accused of impropriety in the course of supplementary gubernatorial polls in the State, the Adamawa REC was arrested by the Police Election Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Team on Tuesday 2nd May, 2023 in Abuja.
Yunusa-Ari was granted administrative bail after he was grilled to ascertain the motives and motivations behind his alleged improper actions during the supplementary elections in Adamawa State.
“He is expected to report at the Police Headquarters every weekday while investigations are ongoing on the matter,” reads a statement by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
TNG reports, in addition, other officials and individuals culpable in the saga were also interrogated by the police team.