In an interesting development, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his party has called on Prof. Yakubu Mahmood to appear in court and give evidence in the petition challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu as president-elect.
Politics Nigeria reports that Atiku and PDP made this known to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja .
According to them, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood must give evidence in their joint petition.
This was disclosed by the lead counsel to the petitioners, Chief Chris Uche (SAN).
He said the INEC boss will be subpoenaed to appear in court to tender documents in their petition challenging Tinubu’s election.
Meanwhile, the petitioners tendered more documentary evidence in their joint petition against Tinubu’s election.