Atiku appoints 19 SANs to represent him at election petition tribunal
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has assembled a team of experienced lawyers to represent him at the Election Petition Tribunal.
The former Vice President inaugurated the legal team on Tuesday at his campaign headquarters in Abuja.
According to him, his team of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) would help him to reclaim his “stolen mandate”.
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The members of the team include Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Chris Uche (SAN), Paul Usoro (SAN), Tayo Jegede (SAN), Ken Mozia (SAN), Mahmood Magaji (SAN), Joe Abraham (SAN), Chukwuma Umeh (SAN), Dr Garba Tetengi (SAN) and Chief Emeka Etiaba (SAN).
Others are Chief Goddy Uche (SAN), Prof. Maxwell Gidado (SAN), A. K. Ajibade (SAN), O. M. Atoyebi, (SAN), Nella Rabana (SAN), Paul Ogbole (SAN), Nuremi Jimoh (SAN), and Abdul Ibrahim (SAN).
This is as the All Progressives Congress (APC) assembled a Presidential Election Petition Legal team made up of 12 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend the mandate of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
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Neptune Prime reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election having polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku and Obi who scored 6,984,520 and 6,101, votes, respectively.
However, Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, refused to concede defeat and vowed to challenge the election outcome in court.
