The Nationwide Chairman of the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu has escaped being arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Drive, following his partial compliance with the judgment of the Federal Excessive Courtroom, Osogbo, Osun State which ordered him to return the identify of the Nationwide Chairman of the Motion Alliance, AA, Adekunle Rufai Omoaje and names of the Nationwide Govt Committee, NEC, of the celebration to the INEC portal.
The celebration elected its Nationwide Govt Committee, NEC on the nationwide conference of the celebration held on seventh October, 2023 on the Olusegun Obasanjo presidential library, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The courtroom presided over by Justice Funmilola Demi-Ajayi had final Monday ordered the Inspector Normal of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun to arrest the INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu if he fails to return the names of Omoaje and the NEC members of the Motion Alliance to the INEC portal.
The courtroom gave seven days ultimatum to the INEC chairman to impact the change on its web site or face arrest by the Inspector Normal of Police.
The courtroom additionally ordered INEC to publish the names of all of the state chairmen elected below the management of Omoaje on its portal and this was absolutely complied with by INEC.
Nonetheless, INEC in partial compliance with the courtroom judgment returned the names of the NEC members aside from the identify of the nationwide chairman, Adekunle Rufai Omoaje on the web site and likewise failed to incorporate the deal with of the nationwide secretariat of the celebration utilized by the Omoaje led govt of the celebration.
Findings revealed that the identify of Mr Kenneth Udeze who had been suspended and expelled by the celebration nonetheless seems on the INEC portal as at press time opposite to the judgment of the Courtroom delivered by Justice Demi-Ajayi on Monday, twenty ninth September, 2025.
The event, it was gathered occasioned the submitting of movement on discover earlier than the courtroom by INEC, claiming to have complied with the judgment of the Courtroom.
However in a counter affidavit deposed to by the Osun State chairman of the celebration, Mr Araoye Oyewole, earlier than the Federal Excessive Courtroom, Osogbo dated 2nd October, 2025, the Motion Alliance claimed that INEC and its chairman, Prof. Yakubu did not comply absolutely with the courtroom judgment and searched for an order compelling each Yakubu and INEC to conform absolutely with the judgment.
In response to the affidavit in assist of the movement deposed to by Oyewole “the judgment of the Courtroom and orders made therein haven’t been absolutely complied with by the judgment debtors.
”The judgment debtors solely partially complied with the judgment and orders of the courtroom in swimsuit quantity FHC/OS/CS/194/2024.
“Whereas it’s true that the names of all of the state chairmen of the Motion Alliance elected below Adekunle Rufai Omoaje have been restored again to the INEC state portal, the a part of the judgment that particularly mandated the judgment collectors to respect all judgments in favour of Adekunle Rufai Omoaje was not complied with by the judgment debtors,” it added.
