INEC has shifted its emergency management meeting which was earlier fixed for Monday to today to take decision on Adamawa crisis.
National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, told Daily Trust that the meeting would now hold today to enable some of the national commissioners and other officials who are either on field assignments or have distances to cover to arrive for the meeting.
The commission had fixed the emergency meeting over the controversial declaration of the winner of the Adamawa State supplementary by the now suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Prof. Yunusa Hudu Ari who was overruled and summoned to Abuja.
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Okoye on Sunday also announced the suspension of the collation of the election results with immediate effect.
A national commissioner had told Daily Trust in confidence, “We are going to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow (Monday) during which a decision will be taken on the governorship election.”
The national commissioner also frowned at the treatment meted out to their colleague in Yola, saying: “It was despicable that a national commissioner will be stripped naked. Where are the security operatives; there are a lot of questions begging for answers.”
Apart from the Adamawa REC, the commission also summoned the collation/returning officer, Prof. Mohammed Mele, and all other officers involved in the election.
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However, Okoye confirmed to Daily Trust that Prof. Mele, who has the statutory responsibility to declare the result, has arrived in Abuja but could not confirm the number of other concerned officials that had arrived.
Meanwhile, INEC has asked Hudu to stay away from the office till further notice.
This is contained in a circular to the embattled REC signed by Mrs Rose Oriaran-Anthony, Secretary to the Commission (INEC) and titled: ‘Commission’s directive to stay away from INEC, Adamawa State’.
DailyTrust
