…Says his whereabouts unknown
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has said the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC), Hudu Ari, is nowhere to be found.
The Commission also urged the Nigeria Police to declare the suspended REC as ‘wanted’, following his declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator A’isha Dahiru, popularly known as Binnani, as the winner of the April Adamawa supplementary poll.
Festus Okoye, who disclosed this when featured on Channels Television programme yesterday, said, “We don’t know where he is; because, after this particular incident, the Commission wrote him and also called him on the phone. He never returned any of the calls; he never answered any of the calls.
“We asked him to report to the Commission on Sunday, but we didn’t see him; we asked him to report on Monday; still, we didn’t see him. So, up till this moment, he has not reported and we don’t know his whereabouts”.
“(It) is the responsibility of the Nigerian Police (to declare Ari wanted). If they feel that his presence is absolutely needed during the investigation but he is nowhere to be found, it is their prerogative and discretion to declare him wanted”, he said.
