Court orders arrest of INEC Chairman, Prof. Yakubu
The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to arrest the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, for contempt and disobedience of court orders.
Delivering a ruling in the matter involving the Action Alliance and INEC, the court presided over by Justice Funmilola Demi-Ajayi, held that Mahmoud Yakubu and INEC erred by refusing to honour its earlier judgment which directed both INEC and its chairman 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, even as it sought committal to prison of Mahmoud Yakubu over flagrant disobedience of the orders of the court.
Justice Demi-Ajayi in her ruling delivered on Monday, also awarded a cost of #100,000 against the INEC Chairman.
The court 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 maintained that the national convention that produced Omoaje as the 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 line with the constitution of the party and electoral acts.
Source : TVC News
Presidency Welcomes Jonathan To 2027 Presidential race
The Presidency has welcomed former President Goodluck Jonathan to the 2027 Presidential race.
There have been speculations that the former President is planning to stage a comeback.
On Sunday, former Minister of Information and Orientation, Professor Jerry Gana, said Jonathan would contest the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Speaking to journalists shortly after the PDP Congress in Minna, Niger State, at the weekend, Gana said Nigerians had experienced two other leaders after
“In 2015, former President Goodluck Jonathan said his ambition was not worth the blood of Nigerians. After him, another President ruled for eight years, and now another has ruled for two years.
“Nigerians have seen the difference, and the difference is very clear. Nigerians are now asking us to bring back our friend, former President Goodluck Jonathan. I can confirm that Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will contest the presidential election in 2027 as PDP candidate, and we should be prepared to vote for him to return as President again,” he had said.
Responding in a statement on Monday, Bayo Onanuga, Presidential spokesman, welcomed Jonathan to the race, but said “Nigerians would remember his dismal record.”
Source : Daly Trust
