ELECTION- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has bemoaned how one of its national commissioners was “stripped naked and dragged” while on election duty in Adamawa state.
Festus Okoye, chairman, information and voter education committee, speaking to reporters on Sunday said the assaulted national commissioner is a former vice-chancellor of Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDUS), Sokoto.
Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, a former VC of UDUS and Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, was appointed INEC national commissioner in 2021.
Okoye said the national commissioner was treated like a “common criminal” for doing his job.
He said the electoral body will not allow the assault to stand while he called on security agencies to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators.
Okoye said: “If you see what is trending, two national commissioners were deployed to Adamawa state. One of them was brutalised, and 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, investigated and prosecuted.
“A national commissioner cannot be treated like a common criminal. A former VC of Usman Danfodiyo University, a senior citizen was stripped naked and dragged.
“This commission will not allow that to stand and the chairman of the commission is viewing this with the seriousness it deserves. So, all the people who engaged in this particular act, the security agencies must unmask them.”
