The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on Inspector-General of Police Olukayode Egbetokun to expedite efforts towards the arrest and prosecution of Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa.
Yunusa-Ari was suspended over an attempt to usurp the powers of the state returning officer when he declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Aishatu Binani, the winner of the April 15, 2023 Adamawa governorship election.
Ologunagba described the action as a civilian coup and an attempt to subvert Nigeria’s constitutional democracy.
The High Court of Justice of Adamawa State, No. 9, Yola Division, has issued a warrant of arrest against Yunusa-Ari, dated May 21, 2024.
Ologunagba said that since his removal, Yunusa-Ari has been on the run, forgetting the saying that “time does not run against the state in criminal matters.”
“The failure of the Nigerian police so far to apprehend and bring Yunusa-Ari to justice is capable of creating bad precedence and encouraging other public officers to act with impunity.