The Abuja division of the Court
of Appeal has called off the arrest warrant issued against Prof. Mahmood
Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, by
Justice Stephen Pam of the Federal High Court.
Recall that Justice
Pam had ordered the arrest of Mahmood.
But Justice Abdul Aboki has now
led a three-man panel to suspend the enforcement of the arrest warrant in a
ruling it delivered on Monday, in an appeal filed by the INEC chairman
challenging the order made by Justice Pam for his arrest.
According to Justice Aboki, since
the matter has been adjourned to September 17 for hearing of the main appeal,
“it will be prejudicial for the trial court to proceed with hearing of the
matter scheduled for August 14.
“Consequently, the panel
unanimously ordered the stay of proceeding pending the hearing of Prof Mahmood’s
appeals,” he said
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