The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, to unfailingly appear before it on Tuesday.
The governor is to appear to give some explanations on the role of the central bank in the 11 November 2023 off-cycle election in Kogi.
The three-member panel of justices, led by Ado Birnin-Kudu, also threatened to wield the big stick on the CBN’s Director of Corporate Service.
The development occurred following an application by Alex Izinyon, counsel to Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi, the 2nd respondent in the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its candidate in the election.
It would be recalled that the tribunal had, on April 18, issued a subpoena to compel the CBN governor or any of its officers to attend the proceedings to give evidence about the allegation levelled by Governor Ododo that the petitioners filed the petition against him outside the 21 days allowed by law.
Although the panel directed the CBN governor or its officer to appear on 19 April (Friday) to testify, no one represented the central bank at the hearing.
