Ahmadu Fintiri, Adamawa State Governor’s security aide, was arrested and held at the DSS headquarters.
During the recent governorship election in Adawama State, a security official was arrested for assaulting an INEC official.
After the now-suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari, declared Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Adamawa State, as governor-elect, a mob broke into Green City Hotel in Yola. It dragged INEC officials out of their rooms.
A video of one of the two INEC commissioners overseeing the April 15 supplemental gubernatorial election in Adamawa State insulted went viral on social media.
Ahmad Umar, the governor’s chief detail, attacked Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru.
The DSS arrested at least three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) followers throughout the state for their involvement in the attacks.
Barrister Tahir Shehu, the state PDP chairman, led a demonstration outside the DSS headquarters in Yola Wednesday, demanding the release of the three inmates.
“We came in this number to register our peaceful protest and demand immediate and unconditional release of our party faithful who have been unduly detained for days without being taken to court, and we have delivered our official letter to the Director DSS, Adamawa State requesting him to allow those in detention access to their lawyers and families because it is unconstitutional to detain somebody for more than 24 hours without taking him to court and w
On Thursday, Judge Christopher Dominic Mapeo of the High Court ordered the DSS to release the three inmates unconditionally.
The judge postponed the motion on notice until May 3, 2023.
