The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has condemned the crisis which trailed the Adamawa Governorship election.
Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Voter Education lampooned the action of the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Adamawa State, Hudu Ari, labelling it as an aberration.
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He made this call on Friday during Channels TV, Sunrise Daily.
INEC has suspended Ari over his controversial announcement of the Supplementary governorship election results in Adamawa State while collation was not yet concluded.
What he did is just an aberration, I know that we have very fine Resident Electoral Commissioners in various states of the federation and they know the extent of their powers and they have been conforming to the duties assigned to them by the commission.
So I want to view his behaviours as an isolated event and do not represent what our Resident Electoral Commissioners are all about because I know that some of them work assiduously to ensure that we delivered on our mandate.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the immediate suspension from office of Ari, pending the completion of an investigation by the Inspector General of Police on the conduct/actions of the REC during the Supplementary election in Adamawa State.
The INEC National Commissioner said that the Commission had received a report from the Inspector General of Police and has commenced the process of prosecuting the controversial Adamawa REC.
