Atiku to tribunal: Summon INEC boss as witness
Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, who alleged that the 2023 presidential election was rigged, yesterday applied to summon chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, to appear before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja. Atiku, who came second in the presidential election that held on February 25, equally summoned the Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Rose Oriarian-Anton, as well as INEC's National Commissioner, Mr. Festus Okoye. The PDP candidate and former vice president, said he would formally obtain subpoenas to compel the trio to appear before the court to give evidence and also tender sensitive electoral documents. “My lords, for the benefit of the Respondents, so that they will not say that we took them by surprise, we want to state that it has gotten to the stage where we will summon the National Chairman of INEC, the Secretary of the Commission as well as the Nation...