A Federal High Court hearing in Omoyele Sowore’s cyberstalking trial was postponed to Nov. 17 after the Abuja court did not sit Wednesday, leaving a subpoena dispute unresolved.
The Nov. 9 order approved the defense’s request to subpoena Joash Amupitan, chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Joe Igbokwe, an All Progressives Congress figure, according to accounts of the ruling. Both men were scheduled to appear at Wednesday’s hearing, but Premium Times reported that it was not established whether either would have attended.
Amupitan’s subpoena sought records related to President Bola Tinubu’s 1999 Lagos governorship campaign and 2023 presidential bid, including an affidavit concerning lost certificates.
In a motion dated Nov. 10, Amupitan asked the court to set aside the subpoena. The filing says the document was not served directly on him and argues that INEC does not hold records matching the description. The challenge remained unresolved after the hearing was postponed. EconoTimes previously covered Amupitan’s request to set aside the records subpoena.
Premium Times reported that the State Security Service (SSS) is prosecuting Sowore over August 2025 social media posts in which he called Tinubu a criminal. Sowore pleaded not guilty. The court rescheduled the hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 17.
