JUST IN: IGP replaces Adamawa CP as INEC resumes collation of election results

The inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Baba Alkali, has asked Mohammed Barde, commissioner of police in Adamawa, to withdraw from the state.

Also, the IGP ordered Etim Equa, commissioner of police in Gombe to proceed to Adamawa immediately to provide election security in the state.

The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, announced this in Abuja on Tuesday, while speaking to journalists.

He expressed the commitment of the IGP to to a free and fair process.

Meanwhile, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reconvened and resumed the collation of results for Saturday’s supplementary governorship election.

INEC Administrative Secretary in the state, Adamu Gujungu, who has been mandated to take the place of the erring Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa Ari, was seen at the collation centre.

INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, is at the collation centre.

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SOLACEBASE had reported that INEC resolved to write the IGP to immediately prosecute the suspended Adamawa state resident electoral commissioner Hudu Yunusa-Ari.

There have been calls for Barde to be redeployed from the state following the declaration of Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the governorship election in Adamawa.

Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the resident electoral commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Commission (INEC), on Sunday, announced Binani winner of the election while under police protection led by the CP.