A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an order for substituted service of Form 48, a notice of contempt proceedings, on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu.
The ruling, delivered on Tuesday by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, followed an ex parte motion filed by the National Rescue Mission (NRM), alleging that INEC and its Chairman disobeyed a valid court order issued earlier this year.
The NRM, through its legal team led by Mr. Oladimeji Ekengba, told the court that INEC had failed to comply with a judgment delivered on March 5, 2025, which directed the commission to recognise the outcome of the party’s emergency national convention held on January 17.
