SERAP urges INEC boss, Yakubu, to obey court order to prosecute election offenders or face contempt charge

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “to immediately and effectively enforce the judgment ordering INEC to pursue cases of bribery against state governors and their deputies, and other electoral offences committed during the 2023 general elections.”

The judgment was delivered on 18 July, 2024 by Hon. Justice Obiora Atuegwu Egwuatu following a mandamus lawsuit brought by SERAP.

In the letter dated 28 September 2024 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said “t is unacceptable for INEC to take the court, which is the guardian of justice in this country, for a ride.”