Suspended Adamawa REC granted bail

Etim Ekpimah

The Nigeria Police has said that the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, has been granted bail.

This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Friday, 5 May 2023.

The statement read: “The Nigeria Police Force hereby confirms that Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who has been in custody for interrogations by the police in the course of investigations into allegations of impropriety during the supplementary gubernatorial pools in the state, has been granted administrative bail by the Police while investigations subsist.”

Adejobi added that Yunusa-Ari is expected to report at the Police Headquarters every weekday while investigations are ongoing on the matter.