Justice Maryam Hassan of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, sitting in Garki, has dismissed the claim of making a false asset declaration proffered against Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Department of State Security (DSS), the police, and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) were all also prohibited by the court from further inquiring into Mahmood’s legal asset declaration or effecting his arrest.
A mandatory injunction ordering and compelling the INEC Chairman to resign pending the investigation and consideration of the various allegations against him by the various law enforcement agencies was one of the requests made in an Originating Summons filed by one Somadina Uzoamaka, against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Mahmood.
Additionally, the complainant asked the judge to issue a 10-year ban on Yakubu from holding or assuming any public position.
Prof. Mahmood refuted the claim by providing the court with several exhibits to demonstrate the sources of funding for the acquisition of the properties that the plaintiff claimed were illegally acquired, and he argued that his asset declaration was legitimately completed.