The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has halted the arrest warrant issued against Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, by Justice Stephen Pam of the Federal High Court.
But Justice Abdul Aboki has now led a three-man panel to suspend the enforcement of the arrest warrant in a ruling it delivered Monday, in an appeal filed by the INEC chairman challenging the order made by Justice Pam for his arrest.
According to Justice Aboki, since the matter has been adjourned to September 17 for the hearing of the main appeal, “it will be prejudicial for the trial court to proceed with the hearing of the matter scheduled for August 14.
“Consequently, the panel unanimously ordered the stay if proceeding pending the hearing of Prof Mahmood’s appeals,” he said