There was some confusion on Friday during the public hearing of the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on attacks on Independent National Electoral Commission offices across the country.
The confusion started when a representative of the Attorney-General of the Federation, Yusuf Abdullahi, who is a deputy director, told the House Committee, that there has been no request received from any security agency or INEC for the prosecution of persons arrested for attacks on the electoral body’s facilities.
The lawmakers pressed further, saying that the police had claimed to have made success in the arrests and prosecution of the attackers.
Mr Abdullahi while denying the same submission he made earlier, later claimed that the OAGF had received prosecution requests from the DSS but could not state the details.
He was eventually dismissed by the lawmakers to return on a later date.