The Independent National Electoral Commissioner has kicked over the ill treatment of two of its National Commissioners deployed in Adamawa State for the rerun governorship election.
The Eagle Online recalls that the election, held on Saturday, was aborted on Sunday as collation was to begin.
This followed the unilateral decision of the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Adamawa State, Habu Ari, to announce the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Hajia Aisha Ahmed, popularly known as Binani, as the winner of the poll.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, disclosed the attack on the National Commissioners to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, where rerun elections were also conducted, on Sunday.
Okoye saidL “If you see what is trending, two National Commissioners were deployed to Adamawa State.
“One of them was brutalised, one of them was stripped naked.
“That will not be allowed to stand.
“The security agencies must unmask those who engaged in that particular act.
“They must be arrested.
“Yhey must be investigated.
“And they must be prosecuted.
“A National Commissioner cannot be treated as if he or she is a common criminal.
“A former Vice Chancellor of Usman Dan Fodio University, a senior citizen was stripped naked and dragged.
“This commission will not allow that to stand.”
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