SAN FRANCISCO, June 03, (THEWILL) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed judgment for Friday in the suit by former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, in which he seeks to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue him a certificate of return.
Justice Okon Abang made this known after entertaining final arguments from lawyers representing parties in the case.
Okorocha, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/296/2019, is praying the court to, among others, order INEC to issue him a certificate of return as the senator-elect for Imo West Senatorial District.
It is part of Okorocha’s contention that INEC lacked the statutory powers to withhold his certificate of return, because he was validly elected to occupy the senatorial seat.
He equally wants the court to declare that INEC acted in error when it refused to recognise him as the winner of the senatorial election in Imo West District, even after the Returning Officer had declared that he won the election.
THEWILL recalls that INEC failed to issue a certificate of return to Okorocha on the ground that the returning officer was for
