Court orders immediate arrest of INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu
The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, on Monday, ordered the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to arrest the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, for contempt and flagrant disobedience of court orders.
The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, on Monday, ordered the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to arrest the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, for contempt and flagrant disobedience of court orders.
The court presided over by Justice Funmilola Demi-Ajayi, gave the order while ruling in the matter involving the Action Alliance and INEC.
The court ruled that Yakubu and INEC erred by refusing to obey its earlier judgment which directed both the chairman and INEC to recognize all the state chairmen elected under the Adekunle Rufai Omoaje led National Executive Committee of the party.
The Action Alliance had through its counsel, K. O. Etibo, applied for Forms 48 and 49, just as it sought the committal of Yakubu to prison over flagrant disobedience of the orders of the court.
Demi-Ajayi in her ruling, also awarded cost of #100,000 against the INEC Chairman.
The court further gave seven days ultimatum to INEC and its chairman to restore the names of all the chairmen elected under the leadership of Omoaje to the commission’s portal or face arrest by the police.
Justice Demi-Ajayi stated that the national convention that produced Omoaje as National chairman of the party and other members of the National Executive Committee, NEC, at the Olusegun Obasanjo presidential library, Abeokuta was valid as it was monitored by INEC officials and in conformity with the constitution of the party and electoral acts.
Justice Demi-Ajayi stated that the national convention that produced Omoaje as National chairman of the party and other members of the National Executive Committee, NEC, at the Olusegun Obasanjo presidential library, Abeokuta was valid as it was monitored by INEC officials and in conformity with the constitution of the party and electoral acts.
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