A Court of Appeal has reportedly halted the arrest order on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Mahmoud Yakubu
The arrest order on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has been halted by a Court of Appeal in Abuja, TVC News reports.
The Justice Stephen Pam-led Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, had ruled that the INEC boss be arrested for refusing to appear before it for the third time.
Mahmoud is also wanted in court to defend a contempt proceeding filed by the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra state Ejike Oguebego and the Legal Adviser of the state’s PDP Chuks Okoye.