Usman Baba, the inspector general of police, has issued an order directing Mohammed Barde, the commissioner of police in charge of the election in Adamawa State, to withdraw from the region as soon as possible.
The IGP also mandated that Etim Equa, the CP in charge of Gombe State, travel right away to Adamawa state to oversee electoral security for the hotly contested supplemental governorship election.
In a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, the Force’s press officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, revealed the information and stated that the IG was committed to a free and fair electoral process.
In the meantime, earlier, INEC officials reassembled at the state collation facility in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State.
A large number of security personnel were present when the authorities met again.
The ineffective Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa Ari, has been replaced by INEC Administrative Secretary in the state, Adamu Gujungu, who was spotted in the collation facility.
Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, is anticipated at the collation facility.
