Atiku Dwarfs Tinubu’s Legal Team, Appoints Ex-NBA President, 18 Other SANs For Presidential Election Case
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has inaugurated 19 Senior Advocates of Nigeria including a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro, to challenge the 2023 presidential election of February 25, 2023.
This was disclosed in a statement from the Atiku media office.
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Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC had declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as winner of the presidential election but PDP and other political parties including the Labour party, faulted the process.
Atiku’s office said his legal team will reclaim his mandate.
The statement reads,’The PDP presidential candidate, while inaugurating the legal team at his campaign headquarters in Abuja, charged it to establish the claim of illegality in the February 25 presidential election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people.
“Atiku told the team that apart from reclaiming the mandate from those who undertook the electoral heist that was not a reflection of the will of Nigerians, the legal team should also use the opportunity of the trial to strengthen constitutional democracy in the country.
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“Addressing the team headed by Chief J. K. Gadzama, SAN, at the conference room of his office at the campaign headquarters, Atiku said it was imperative that they work assiduously in reclaiming the mandate not necessarily because of him and the PDP, but to strengthen democracy and the electoral process and for generations unborn.”
“The members of the team include Chief Chris Uche (SAN), Mr. Paul Usoro (SAN), Tayo Jegede (SAN), Ken Mozia (SAN), Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Mahmood Magaji (SAN), Joe Abraham (SAN), Mr Chukwuma Umeh (SAN), Dr. Garba Tetengi (SAN) and Chief Emeka Etiaba (SAN).
“Others are Chief Goddy Uche (SAN), Prof. Maxwell Gidado (SAN); the National Legal Adviser of the PDP, A. K. Ajibade (SAN), Mr. O. M. Atoyebi, (SAN), Mrs. Nella Rabana (SAN), Paul Ogbole (SAN), Nuremi Jimoh (SAN), and Abdul Ibrahim (SAN).”
The appointments come on the heels of the All Progressives Congress, APC, appointing 12 senior advocates of Nigeria and one barrister, to defend its presidential candidate at the tribunal.
