Alex Enumah in Abuja
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has ordered the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to appear before it today by noon.
It gave the order Wednesday following an earlier subpoena issued and served on Yakubu and the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Zamfara State.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the last general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who are the petitioners, had filed two applications on July 9, seeking an order of the court to compel Yakubu to personally appear before the tribunal and present certain documents listed by the petitioners.
They also wanted the appearance of the Zamfara REC to produce the election results for the state in the presidential poll.
While that of the chairman was served on him on July 15, that of the Zamfara REC was served on him on July 12.
Counsel to the petitioners, Chief…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
