In order to find a lasting solution to the crisis rocking the collation and announcement of the supplementary election in Adamawa State, all National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been summoned to a closed-door meeting.
The meeting was held on Monday at the Commission’s national headquarters in Abuja.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye said the Commission will release a statement on the meeting shortly.
The meeting is coming barely 24 hours after the electoral umpire directed its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari, to stay away from all activities of the electoral umpire and the election in the state.
The INEC REC had on Sunday stirred controversy when at about 9am he announced Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of Saturday’s supplementary election over the incumbent, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
