The court bailiff, Ayuba Sule, who served the Form 48 at the INEC headquarters in Abuja, following a ruling by Justice Obiora Egwuatu on June 17.

The Form 48 is a notice outlining the consequences of disobeying a valid court order and the first step in contempt and committal proceedings.

The court had earlier directed that the processes to be served on the INEC Chairman through substituted means, allowing the bailiff to deliver them to any member of staff at the Commission.

In a statement signed by the NRM’s National Publicity Secretary, Anselem Nebeife, the party revealed that INEC officials initially declined to accept the service.