AA Crisis: No Court Order For Arrest Of Ex-INEC Chairman Yakubu — Udeze

The National Chairman of the Action Alliance (AA), Kenneth Udeze, has dismissed media reports claiming that a tribunal ordered the apprehension and imprisonment of the immediate-past president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

Udeze, successful a connection connected Thursday, described the reports arsenic mendacious and urged Nigerians to disregard them.

It had earlier been reported that Justice Adefunmilola Demi-Ajayi of the Federal High Court sitting successful Osogbo, Osun State, ordered the apprehension and imprisonment of Prof. Yakubu for allegedly disobeying a judgement arising from a suit filed by immoderate erstwhile members of the party.

The suit, marked FHC/OS/194/2024, reportedly sought an bid compelling INEC and its past president to relist the names of definite nationalist officers of the Action Alliance connected the Commission’s website aft they were allegedly removed.

However, Udeze maintained that determination was nary specified judgement oregon bid of arrest, insisting that the reports were fabricated.

“On the contented of the purported tribunal bid against the erstwhile INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, I privation Nigerians to disregard specified mendacious rumours. There is nary specified judgement anywhere,” Udeze said.

He further rejected different judgement said to person been delivered by the aforesaid Federal High Court successful Osogbo, which allegedly affirmed the Adekunle Rufai Omoaje-led faction arsenic the authentic enactment of the AA.

Udeze insisted that the question of the party’s morganatic enactment had agelong been settled by some the proceedings tribunal and the Court of Appeal successful favour of his ain nationalist leadership.

“The contented of who leads Action Alliance has been conclusively determined by competent courts successful our favour,” helium said. “Our squad of lawyers has been directed to instrumentality each indispensable ineligible steps to vacate this alleged judgment.”

He appealed to enactment members and supporters crossed the state to stay calm, law-abiding, and focused connected the party’s ongoing activities.

“The Action Alliance faithful crossed Nigeria and beyond should stay calm and law-abiding. The nationalist enactment nether my ticker is successful steadfast power of the party’s affairs,” Udeze assured.