Despite his exit as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has again ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, for an offence relating to contempt of court.
The Court order came a few hours after he left office as the commission’s henchman on Tuesday.
The Action Alliance (AA) had instituted a case before the court challenging INEC and its former chairman, Prof Yakubu, over their non-compliance with the judgment of the Court delivered by Justice Funmilola Demi-Ajayi in suit number FHC/OS/CS/194/2024.
In the judgment, the court ordered INEC to put names of the National Chairman, Adekunle Rufai Omoaje and other members of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) on the INEC portal and upload names of all the state chairmen on its portal.
The court held that the elective convention of the party held on October 7, 2023 which produced Omoaje and other NEC members was authentic as it was properly monitored and supervised by officials of INEC in accordance with the party’s constitution and the electoral acts.
However, INEC claimed to have complied with the court judgment, but the party disagreed with the commission, as the name of Omoaje was yet to be uploaded on the commission’s website despite the orders of the Court. Although the names of the state chairmen of the party under the leadership of Omoaje and those of the NEC members are already on the INEC portal, Omoaje’s name is yet to be uploaded as of press time, a development that the court frowned at.
The court order obtained by our correspondent dated 7th October, 2025, and signed by Mr O.M. Kilani on behalf of the Court Registrar reads in part, “it is hereby ordered that the Inspector General of Police shall cause the arrest and shall charge the defendant/judgment debtors for contempt and committal proceedings within seven days of this ruling.”
The court also awarded a cost of N100,000 against the judgment creditors.
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