Runaway Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Yunusa-Ari Now In Police Custody 2 Weeks After Going In Hiding
The suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa Bid, Hudu Yunusa-Ari is in police custody, in accordance with Channels TV.
The TV put reported on Tuesday that a police source confirmed in a phone conversation that the embattled REC used to be in police custody.
Yunusa-Ari earlier stated in a BBC Hausa interview that he would renounce himself to the police two weeks after he went into hiding.
“I’ll indubitably turn myself in to the police. Earlier than, there used to be no summon from the police nonetheless now there would possibly be one. I’ll soon come out from hiding,” Yunusa-Ari had told BBC Hausa.
Yunusa-Ari had denied the allegation that he obtained a bribe of N2 billion to convey the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Aishatu Dahiru Binani, as the winner of the governorship election in Adamawa Bid.
Yunusa-Ari, who launched Binani winner of the election whereas collation used to be but to be completed has been widely accused of receiving a bribe from the APC governorship candidate.
The Honest National Electoral Charge nonetheless nullified Yunusa-Ari’s announcement and declared the incumbent Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) as the winner of the election.
In his interview with the BBC Hausa Service monitored by Leading edge on Tuesday, Yunusa-Ari stated he had no regrets in anyway about the action he took by making the announcement within the heart of the election.
Yunusa-Ari described the allegation of taking a bribe of N2 billion as social media hype, insisting that saying the used to be his accountability and that it used to be backed by law.
The embattled REC stated that he used to be willing to tell himself to the police this week, and argued that neither the Division of Bid Products and services (DSS) nor the Nigerian police had come shopping for him as used to be widely reported.
He stated, “I never stated the governor bribed anybody, nonetheless I knew there were allegations.
“I bid, I had nothing to carry out with either Binani or Fintiri. All these experiences about the N2 billion bribe were social media hype.
“I don’t occupy any regrets in anyway, whereas you happen to carry out one thing that used to be allowed to be performed in a democracy, there are no regrets,” he had stated.
