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Justice Stephen Pam of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has given an order for the arrest of Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu for refusing to appear in court.
Rostrum gathered that that Justice Pam gave the warrant of arrest following Prof. Mahmood’s absence in court for the third time.
The INEC boss had on July 10, shunned a valid order summoning him to appear before Justice Pam who had on July 5 ordered Yakubu to appear before him to show cause why he should not be sent to prison for contempt of court.
The judge made the order for Mahmood to appear before the court while ruling on a preliminary objection by INEC and it’s Chairman in a contempt proceeding filed by Ejike Oguebego and Chuks Okoye, Chairman and Legal Adviser, respectively of the Anambra State Chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
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