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Following a summons that was issued on him, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Prof. Yakubu sent a senior official of the Commission, Mrs Moronkeji Tairu to testify in the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party(PDP), Atiku Abubakar against President Bola Tinubu. As part of his evidence, the INEC boss produced before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal(PEPT)sitting in Abuja, a document that contained Tinubu's age. On its part, INEC through its lead counsel, Abubakar Mahmood(SAN) said though it was not opposed to the admissibility of the documents which it described as irrelevant to the case before the court, it however contended that the petitioners did not pay the neccesary fees.