Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, has honoured a subpoena
served on him by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential
candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
Atiku and the PDP had subpoenaed the INEC chairman to tender
some sensitive documents before the presidential election petition court.
At the court session on Thursday, Chris Uche, the
petitioners’ counsel, told the court that Yakubu is represented by Morenikeji
Tahiru, deputy director, certification and complaint, legal drafting and
clearance department.
Tahiru said she had four out of the 11 documents itemised in
the subpoena dated May 26, 2023.
She presented item one which includes form EC8D series and
EC8A.
EC8D series are presidential election results from all 36
states and the FCT while EC8DA is the final declaration of result.
Tahiru also submitted item seven which is the certified true
copy of BVAS report in Rivers state.
Item 11 which is accreditation data from BVAS machines used
across all states of the federation was also tendered.
Lastly, the INEC director tendered form EC9 which is the
INEC form submitted to the commission by Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president.
Although Tahiru was called to present the documents, she was
not identified as a witness — an act which the respondents’ counsel frowned
against.
Abubakar Mahmoud, INEC counsel, opposed the admissibility of
the documents in evidence. According to him, “many of those documents are not
relevant”.
He also said the documents have not been paid for by the
petitioners.
Other respondents also objected to the admissibility of the
document but reserved their arguments for the final address.
Responding to Mahmoud’s claim of non-payment, Uche said his
clients already paid N6.7 million for the certification of the documents.
Meanwhile, earlier at the court session, Samuel Oduntan, the
petitioners’ 21st witness, was cross-examined by the respondents’ lawyers.
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