INEC Chairman Moves to Block Subpoena for Tinubu Documents

Joash Ojo Amupitan, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, has filed a motion to set aside a Federal High Court subpoena that requires him to produce election documents belonging to President Bola Tinubu. The documents were requested by Omoyele Sowore as part of a criminal trial in which the Federal Republic of Nigeria is prosecuting Sowore for describing the president as a criminal.

The subpoena, issued on October 26, 2026, by Justice Mohammed Garba Umar, seeks Form CF01 from Tinubu's 1999 Lagos State governorship election and his 2023 presidential election. Amupitan argues that the forms as described are unknown to him and are not in his custody.

The Federal High Court has not yet determined the application to set aside the subpoena.