The Governing Council of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria, ICCON, on Wednesday condemned the gruesome attack on Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, during the just-concluded governorship election in Adamawa State.
Zuru was a National Commissioner of the dependent National Election Commission, INEC, deployed to Adamawa State for the gubernatorial rerun election on April 15.
While on his assignment, Zuru was manhandled by some unscrupulous elements for refusing to take part in the illegal declaration by the suspended INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari.
The Chairman of the council, Fanna Inna Abdulrahman, charged the Federal Government and the Inspector General of Police to arrest and prosecute those behind the attack.
Abdulrahman said the attack was an “undeserving, dastard, and barbaric treatment” meted on Zuru’s person and integrity.
Condemning the attack, Abdulrahman called on the Federal Government to compensate Zuru for the humiliation…