INEC: Court okays trial of suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa-Ari

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Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, gave the nod for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to prosecute its suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari.

Yunusa-Ari is facing a six-count charge over alleged unlawful role he played in the Adamawa State governorship election that held on March 18.

The action elicited instant reactions, with the electoral body not only voiding Yunusa-Ari’s action but equally placing him on an indefinite suspension. Mr Aondoaka, SAN, while moving a motion exparte that was filed alongside the suit, contended that until the petition his client lodged at the tribunal to challenge the outcome of the Adamawa governorship election is decided in line with section 149 of the Electoral Act, 2022, the prosecution of Mr Yunusa-Ari could not be legally valid.

He told the court that an undertaking had been signed to establish that the suit was not frivolous, adding that his client would be ready to face any cost should the court find the case to be frivolous.

 

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