Ebun-olu Adegboruwa
A Popular Lagos based lawyer, Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, has said that
INEC has no legal basis to withhold the certificate of a person
duly elected.
Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, made this statement on Friday while
reacting to the decision of the INEC on not issuing certificate of
return to Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha.
According to him “Hon. Ihedioha, being a Governor-elect, cannot
in law be doling out directives to banks and giving marching orders
against a sitting government. Hon Ihedioha should wait till he has
been sworn in. As it is now, he can only monitor events from the
sidelines till May 29.
“Let’s quit party politics and do the right thing.
“We cannot seek to humiliate a man just because of political
differences. We must do the right thing.
“I urge INEC to present certificate to Governor Rochas Okorocha
forthwith.
“The only other option now is for those who are aggrieved with
his election to go to the Election Petitions Tribunal. INEC has no
power in law to determine the fate of a candidate already declared
winner of an election. That will be tantamount to usurping the will
of the people.
TheNigerialawyer (TNL) recalls that INEC Boss pointed out that
where any returning office says he was compelled to announce a
particular candidate winner of the election, such a candidate will
not be issued with a Certificate of Return.