Abdulazeez Tijani Ahmed has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, before a Federal High Court in Abuja over its alleged refusal to put a former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on trial for electoral offences.
Ahmed is praying for an order of mandamus against INEC, compelling it to initiate an investigation and prosecution of Oshiomhole for willfully violating Section 115 of the Electoral Act 2022.
He claims that under Section 145 of the electoral act, INEC had a mandatory legal duty to initiate criminal prosecution of anyone who willfully breached Section 115 of the act, as alleged against the former Edo State governor.
The suit has been fixed for hearing on September 28 before Justice Mobolaji Olajunwon.