Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside a subpoena directing its chairman, Joash Amupitan, to produce President Bola Tinubu's records from the 1999 Lagos State governorship election and the 2023 presidential election.

In a motion filed on Tuesday, the commission argued that the subpoena was defective, that Mr Amupitan was not personally served and that the documents requested were not in its custody in the form described.

The application came ahead of Mr Amupitan's scheduled appearance in court on Wednesday as a subpoenaed defence witness in the criminal trial of human rights activist Omoyele Sowore.

The case, marked FHC/CR/484/2025, is before trial...