The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the removal of Adamawa‘s Commissioner of Police on election duty, Mohammed Barde, with immediate effect.
CP Etim Equa, the Commissioner of Police in charge of Gombe State, has been ordered to proceed to Adamawa State for the yet-to-be-concluded supplementary governorship poll.
This was stated by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a press briefing in Abuja.
“The IGP has given directive that the Commissioner of Police on election security in Adamawa State, CP Barde should pull out of Adamawa State and the Commissioner of Police in charge of Gombe State, CP Etim Equa to proceed to Adamawa immediately, to go and supervise election and provide necessary information and ensure that the process is a success.”
Adejobi further mentioned that the IGP is committed to a free and fair process.
Results Collation Resumes
Newsone Nigeria also reports that the collation of the Adamawa Governorship Election Results have resumed in the state capital.
On Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) suspended collation for the Saturday supplementary governorship election in Adamawa.
The suspension happened after the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa, Hudu Yunusa Ari, announced Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress, APC as winner.
This was contrary to earlier results which that the incumbent, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was leading.
This announcement was an invalid declaration and an usurpation of the powers of the collation and returning officer. INEC has said it will write to the IGP to probe and prosecute Ari, but the police are yet to receive the letter.
