Sowore: INEC chair seeks to quash subpoena on Tinubu’s records
The INEC Chairman has asked a Federal High Court to set aside a subpoena compelling the commission to produce President Bola Tinubu’s 1999 and 2023 electio Read More: https://punchng.com/sowore-inec-chair-seeks-to-quash-subpoena-on-tinubus-records/
The Chairman of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan (SAN), has requested the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a subpoena that would compel the commission to release President Bola Tinubu's election records from his 1999 Lagos State governorship and 2023 presidential campaigns. The subpoena was filed by the defense team of human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, who faces criminal charges after describing Tinubu as a criminal.
The court motion was filed on November 10, 2026, and seeks an order to set aside the subpoena issued by Justice Mohammed Garba Umar on October 26. The subpoena was served on INEC's headquarters in Abuja on November 6, directing the commission's chairman to produce Tinubu's Form CF001 and an affidavit related to lost certificates from his 1999 Lagos governorship candidacy.
The INEC chairman argued that the subpoena was defective, contradictory, and unenforceable, as it was not personally served on him and the requested documents were not in the commission's custody. The application also accused the defense team of seeking the documents in bad faith and unrelated to the criminal proceedings.
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