- Njoku emphasized that the return to court on November 29, 2023, would potentially result in the sentencing of the INEC Chairman and others for disregarding the court’s directive
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has announced that within four days, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, could face incarceration for contempt.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, the National Chairman of the party, Edozie Njoku, stated that the court had previously issued an order for the recognition of his leadership within the party.
Njoku emphasized that the return to court on November 29, 2023, would potentially result in the sentencing of the INEC Chairman and others for disregarding the court’s directive.
He urged Nigerians to support the Judiciary, safeguarding it against individuals intent on compromising justice, thus jeopardizing its integrity and sanctity.
He recalled that on November 9, 2023, FCT High Court 40 in Suit No: FCT/HC/CV/4068/2023 by Chief Victor Oye, alleged that he forged a Supreme Court Judgment and was subsequently remanded at the Suleja Prison for two days) gave Mahmood.
“Today is November 24, 2023. That is, 5 days away from November 29, 2023, the adjourned date for Mahmood to be sent to jail.
“By its judgment, the Court found Mahmood and Oye culpable, but out of leniency gave them a 14-day window to purge themselves or prepare for jail.
“Rather than do the needful, INEC led by Yakubu Mahmood in collaboration with Oye, headed to the Appeal Court, boasting that they have procured enough Judges to ensure that the contempt charge dangling over their heads end up as an exercise in futility.
“However, there are far-reaching implications to INEC’s posturing and grandstanding. It signals an internment to competent Court orders in Nigeria.
“INEC led by Mahmood, simply wants to prove to the world that it has immunity.”