The embattled Adawama State Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Barrister Hudu Yunusa-Ari, has been granted bail.
Police in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the new development on Friday, in Abuja.
The statement reads, “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.”
It would be recalled that Hudu had declared the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate Aisha Binani Dahiru, winner of the Adawama gubernatorial election against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, incumbent Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri.
