A group, The Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights, on Wednesday unfolded lawful measures to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue Certificate of Return to Governor
Rochas Okorocha.
He said the mass action would start immediately until the INEC issued the certificate to Okorocha as the validly elected Senator for Imo West district. He alleged that INEC has succumbed to pressures from powerful politicians in the country by witholding the certificate because the electoral body ignored a seven-day ultimatum issued to it to release the certificate.
“Our concern as a responsible citizens-based civil society organisation is that we cannot accept the subversion of state institutions like INEC on parochial grounds of political exigencies. That is a direct threat to the constitutional foundation of Nigeria.
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