BREAKING: INEC Chairman Amupitan Accuses Sowore Of Seeking Tinubu’s 1999, 2023 Election Documents To Embarrass Commission

Amupitan made the accusation in a court application looking for to reserve a subpoena provided by the Federal High Court in Abuja directing him to produce the files and affirm on behalf of Sowore in his continuous criminal trial.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, has actually implicated human rights activist and governmental prospect of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore of looking for President Bola Tinubu’s 1999 and 2023 election files in bad faith, declaring that the demand is meant to humiliate the electoral commission.

Amupitan made the accusation in a court application looking for to reserve a subpoena released by the Federal High Court in Abuja directing him to produce the files and affirm on behalf of Sowore in his continuous criminal trial.

In the premises supporting the application, the INEC chairman explained the subpoena as”mala fide, bad faith, unimportant, fishy and speculative. ”

The accusation was likewise duplicated in an affidavit submitted in assistance of the application.

The affidavit, sworn by Mendie Akpan, a lawsuits secretary in the law office representing Amupitan, mentions that the accused’s application was brought “malafidel and in bad faith to humiliate the facility.”

The subpoena, provided on October 26, 2026 , by the Federal High Court in Abuja, directs Amupitan to produce 2 sets of electoral files sent by Tinubu to INEC.

They are the INEC Form CF01, consisting of an affidavit worrying lost certificates, sent by Tinubu as a prospect in the 1999 Lagos State governorship election, and the Form CF01 sent for the 2023 governmental election.

The files are being looked for in Charge No. FHC/CR/484/ 2025, in which the Federal Republic of Nigeria is prosecuting Sowore over his description of Tinubu as a criminal.

The subpoena likewise directs the INEC chairman to appear before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar and affirm on behalf of the activist.

Amupitan, through his legal representatives, submitted a Motion on Notice outdated November 10, 2026, asking the court to set aside the subpoena.

Apart from implicating Sowore of acting in bad faith, the application argues that the files looked for are unidentified to the candidate in the type explained and are not in his custody.

It likewise competes that Amupitan was not personally served with the subpoena, although it was provided to INEC head office in Abuja.

The supporting affidavit states that the subpoena was served on the commission’s Litigation and Prosecution Department on November 6, 2026, at about 12:30 pm.

It even more mentions that Amupitan was not personally served on that date or at any other time.

The affidavit was sworn by Akpan, who stated she was authorised by Amupitan and her companies to depose to it. She specified that the info about the candidate’s position was gotten throughout a telephone conference with him and his legal representatives on November 10.

SaharaReporters had actually previously reported that Sowore revealed the subpoena in a Facebook post, sharing copies of the court order and hearing notification served on the INEC chairman.

The application by Amupitan is pending before the Federal High Court.