Embattled Imo state governor, Rochas Okorochas, has filed a suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging the authority of the electoral commission to withhold his certificate of return as the senator-elect for Imo West senatorial district.

Recall that INEC presented certificate of return to all the senators-elect across the 36 states last week with the commission stating that only senators whose names appear on their website with be issued the certificate of which Okorochas’s name was missing. INEC refused to issue him the certificate of return after the Returning Officer for the February 23rd election, Professor Francis Ibeawuchi, said he announced Okorocha as the winner of the senatorial election “under duress”.

The suit was filed by his counsel, Kehinde Ogunwumiju (SAN), Okorocha made the plaintiff made INEC the sole defendant in the suit.

However, Justice Taiwo Taiwo, the presiding judge, by the agreement of the counsels involved in the case, made an order permitting....................https://janefblog.com/5644-2okorocha-drags-inec-to-court-for-withholding-his-certificate-of-return/

My Rochas...I use to love him