Go prove your innocence in court, INEC tells Prof. Hudu

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the dismissed Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari, to prove his innocence in a competent court of law, where he is being tried for allegedly disrupting the electoral process during the 2023 governorship election in the state.
Ari, who is currently facing prosecution by INEC for alleged electoral offences, told reporters in Bauchi over the weekend that he has evidence to support his claim that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (commonly known as Binani), won the governorship election in Adamawa State.
The former REC had declared Binani as the winner of the election while the rerun was still ongoing. He later left the state, citing threats to his life.
“In any case, the substantive matter of the 2023 Adamawa State governorship election has been determined through the appropriate judicial process from the trial tribunal to the appeal tribunal and finally settled by the Supreme Court.
“The commission will not comment on the propriety or otherwise of his conduct during the concluding part of the election, as the matter is right now the subject of litigation at the High Court sitting in Yola and, therefore, sub judice.
“Now that he is back in the country, the right place to prove his innocence and the propriety of his action is by availing himself the due process of law and not a press conference.”
The Senate recently approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request to sack Ari and two other RECs.