The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Edozie Njoku, has declared that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, is set to face imprisonment for contempt of court in four days.
He said this in a press conference held on Friday.
Njoku asserted that the court had already issued an order for the recognition of his position as the National Chairman.
The Chairman stressed the importance of supporting the judiciary, urging Nigerians to stand by the institution to protect it from individuals seeking to compromise justice and tarnish its integrity.
He recalled that on November 9, 2023, FCT High Court 40 (Suit No: FCT/HC/CV/4068/2023) (which was where Chief Victor Oye took him in November 2022 on a criminal charge, alleging that he forged a Supreme Court Judgement and was subsequently remanded at the Suleja Prison for two days) gave Mahmood, 14-day ultimatum to recognize him as the National Chairman of APGA or risk jail.
He stated, “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.
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“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 ends 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,” he concluded.