CUPP Reacts As INEC Chairman Escapes Arrest By DSS, Police

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has commended a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court for refusing to order the arrest of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu.

Naija News reported that one dina Uzoabaka had approached the court with a suit seeking to sack the electoral commission’s boss ahead of the 2023 general elections over alleged false asset declaration.

Justice M. A. Hassan, however, on Wednesday, refused the application alongside the 14 reliefs brought by the claimants. The judge held that Prof Yakubu’s asset declaration was lawful, valid, and in compliance with the law.

The court judge forbade the Department of States Services (DSS), the Nigeria Police Force, and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) mentioned in the ruling from arresting Yakubu.

Reacting to the development on Wednesday, CUPP Spokesman, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, commended the decision of the court to stop the security agencies from arresting Yakubu.

He said since the discovery of plans to compel the INEC chairman to stop the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in the 2023 elections, some politicians are plotting to order Yakubu’s arrest.

The CUPP spokesman asserted that the judiciary has proven over the months to be the last hope of the common man, and the security agencies have become a disappointment.

He said: “I’m happy that the judiciary over the months has proven that they are the last hope of the common man.

“Since our intelligence discovery of plans to compel the INEC chairman to stop the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System in the 2023 elections, these evil politicians have not rested, they are looking for nonexisting faults.

“First, it was the CBN governor because of the cash limit policy, and now, the INEC chairman.

“The security agencies are a disappointment. At a time the masses need their protection and help the most, they are busy collecting bribes and serving the interest of the evil politicians.”