Gov. Okorocha cautions INEC chairman over his certificate of return as Senator-elect
Okorocha said since the election had been concluded and a winner announced, the electoral umpire had no right not to issue him a certificate of return according to the laws governing elections in the country.
Recall that INEC had refused to issue a certificate of return to Okorocha despite being announced the winner of the election because Francis Ibeawuchi, the returning officer for the election, said the declaration of Okorocha as winner of the election was made under duress. He said, “Section 285 of the 1999 Constitution, states that there shall be established for the Federation one or more elections tribunal to be known as the National Assembly Elections Tribunal which shall, to the exclusion of any court or tribunal, have original jurisdiction to hear and determine petitions as to whether any person has been validly elected as a member of the national Assembly,” he wrote.
Okorocha asked where INEC derived the power to withhold certificate of return after a winner in an election had been announced.
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