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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed reports suggesting that it violated a tribunal bid oregon that a caller warrant was issued for the apprehension of its immediate-past chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, implicit a lawsuit involving the Action Alliance (AA) party.
In a connection posted connected its authoritative X grip connected Friday, the Commission described the viral reports of tribunal contempt arsenic “misleading and mischievous,” stressing that it had already complied with the ruling of the Federal High Court successful Osogbo, Osun State.
The statement, signed by INEC’s National Commissioner and chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, clarified that the tribunal bid successful question was made connected September 29, 2025, and that INEC acted wrong the stipulated timeframe to fulfil its obligations.
“In enactment with its long-established contented of ever obeying tribunal judgements and orders, the Commission connected Monday 6th October 2025, which was inactive wrong the deadline, filed processes astatine the Federal High Court, Osogbo to amusement that we had complied with its judgement and bid of recognising the Action Alliance’s (AA) enforcement elected connected 7th October 2023 astatine Abeokuta, Ogun State,” Olumekun stated.
He added that INEC adjacent presented grounds of compliance to the court, including its website dashboard showing that the AA executives had been duly recognised.
However, Olumekun explained that the substance became analyzable erstwhile the judgement creditors, those who brought the case, filed a antagonistic affidavit, arguing that INEC’s compliance was partial due to the fact that it listed lone 4 nationalist executives and omitted the sanction of the AA National Chairman, Rufai Omoaje.
According to INEC, the omission was deliberate and legally justified.
“The Commission responded by attaching the Notice of Appeal filed by the aforesaid Omoaje astatine the Supreme Court, challenging the judgement of the Court of Appeal sacking him arsenic the National Chairman of the party,”the connection read.
INEC further stressed that it could not recognise Omoaje arsenic president since “the judgement of the Court of Appeal is superior to that of the Federal High Court.”
Olumekun urged media organisations to verify facts earlier work to forestall the dispersed of misinformation.
“We entreaty to media organisations to fact-check their reports earlier work to debar misleading the public,” helium added.
The Commission reiterated that the lawsuit was a firm substance involving INEC arsenic an institution, not an idiosyncratic contented involving Prof. Yakubu, who had near office.
LEADERSHIP reports that the contention began aft reports emerged claiming that the Federal High Court successful Osogbo had ordered the apprehension of Prof. Yakubu for alleged contempt of court. INEC’s clarification appears to beryllium an effort to quell the mounting speculation and reenforce its presumption arsenic an instauration that “always obeys tribunal judgements and orders.”
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