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The Abuja-based group stated this in a letter dated May 2, 2019, addressed to the Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu.
The letter, signed by Andrew Korna on behalf of the Executive Director, stated that “The act of withholding the certificate of a declared winner in an election is not just a clear case of abuse of constitutional powers by INEC, but it has become a painful denigration of a supposedly independent, impartial and unbiased electoral umpire that has now become embroiled and tainted with the corrupt vestiges of partisan politics.
The group also said that by withholding Okorocha’s certificate of return, INEC risked jeopardising its hard-earned credibility. CASER added that no part of the 1999 Constitution or the Electoral Act vested in INEC the power to withhold a certificate of return after a winner has been declared in an election, saying the only option open is for aggrieved participants in the election to seek redress in an election tribunal.
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