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Publisher (F.BA)
July 22, 2019
A coalition of groups has advised the Independent NationalElectoral Commission, INEC to avoid contempt of court by immediately issuingcertificate of return to Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu as ordered by an Abuja HighCourt.
The coalition jointly signed by Amos Shelley of IntegrityAfrica,  Sani Yusuf Danmasani  on behalf of Arewa Youths Movement ForJustice and Good Governance, and Comrade Idris Abubakar Salanke for NorthernAPC Youths Vanguard, was made available to newsmen in Kaduna.
The group said they are disappointed about INEC’s refusal topresent certificate of return to Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu of Imo NorthSenatorial District almost three weeks after a competent High Court orderedsame.
They informed that in a suit, an Abuja High Court, presidedby Justice Taiwo O. Taiwo on July 4th, ordered the INEC in his Judgment, in thesuit filed by Senator Uwajumogu as appellant in a suit said that, INEC underlaw, lacked powers to review declaration of the applicant returned elected.
It said the INEC does not have the power or right under anylaw in Nigeria to review or otherwise deal with any question related orconnected the declaration or return of the Applicant for Imo North SenatorialDistrict Election held on the 23rd of February 2019.