INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu (file) The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has asked the Court of Appeal to quash the arrest order issued against him. He made the request in an appeal filed on Thursday in Abuja, through his lead counsel and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Adegboyega Awomolo. READ ALSO : Court Orders Arrest Of INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu Justice Stephen Pam of the Federal High Court in the nation’s capital had issued the warrant of arrest against Professor Yakubu on Wednesday for allegedly disobeying court orders. In the notice of appeal, the INEC Chairman, however, claimed that Justice Pam acted in bad faith in the issuance of the arrest order. He explained that he had already filed a pending appeal against the order while the attention of the judge was drawn to the appeal. Yakubu submitted among other claims that up till date, no order was enrolled and served on him for ...