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The Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have clashed with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the commission’s chairman’s alleged refusal to accept a subpoena.

The disagreement arose after LP’s lead counsel, Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), told the Presidential Election Petitions Court on Wednesday that Prof Mahmoud Yakubu had been evading service of subpoenas on him. Uzoukwu expressed confidence that the INEC lawyers would accept the service and that the proceedings would resume on Thursday.

However, INEC counsel Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) objected to the submission, claiming that the chairman had already received a subpoena from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).