The presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, threatened to imprison the president of the independent national electoral commission, INEC Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, introducing contempt towards him, Igbere Tv reports.
This is due to the alleged refusal of the INEC to allow Atiku and the PDP to have access to the electoral materials used to conduct the elections, as ordered by the Court of Appeal.
Atiku, who also accused INEC of being partial and spreading the lie, risks making accusations of contempt against the electorate next week.
On March 6, the Abuja Court of Appeal ordered the INEC to allow Atiku and his party to inspect and obtain a certified true copy (CTC) of electoral materials used to conduct presidential elections.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Chief Mike Ozekhome, told Igbere Tv newsmen that all efforts to implement the order of the Court of Appeal were frustrated by the uncooperative stance of INEC.
According to the senior lawyer, “They have refused to cooperate with the Atiku legal team by making accessible to them ballot papers, electoral materials and other devices used during the election, which the Court of Appeal, Abuja ordered them to give to Atiku nearly two months ago.
“They have bluntly refused to do this. Every day we send lawyers there, they would not cooperate.
“If that be the case, they will likely force the Atiku legal team to issue forms 48 and 49 against INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to be imprisoned for contempt of court because that is the only weapon in the hands of a person who had secured the order of a court, which is being violated with impunity just as INEC is currently doing.
“INEC had before, during and after the election maintained that they have a central server, which results from polling units will be transmitted electronically.
“It is on U-tube, online videos, newspapers, social media and others, yet the same INEC is suddenly filing a reply denying this thing.”
Atiku, who also accused INEC of being partial and spreading the lie, risks making accusations of contempt against the electorate next week.
On March 6, the Abuja Court of Appeal ordered the INEC to allow Atiku and his party to inspect and obtain a certified true copy (CTC) of electoral materials used to conduct presidential elections.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Chief Mike Ozekhome, told Igbere Tv newsmen that all efforts to implement the order of the Court of Appeal were frustrated by the uncooperative stance of INEC.
According to the senior lawyer, “They have refused to cooperate with the Atiku legal team by making accessible to them ballot papers, electoral materials and other devices used during the election, which the Court of Appeal, Abuja ordered them to give to Atiku nearly two months ago.
“They have bluntly refused to do this. Every day we send lawyers there, they would not cooperate.
“If that be the case, they will likely force the Atiku legal team to issue forms 48 and 49 against INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to be imprisoned for contempt of court because that is the only weapon in the hands of a person who had secured the order of a court, which is being violated with impunity just as INEC is currently doing.
“INEC had before, during and after the election maintained that they have a central server, which results from polling units will be transmitted electronically.
“It is on U-tube, online videos, newspapers, social media and others, yet the same INEC is suddenly filing a reply denying this thing.”
