Atiku assembles 19 SANs to challenge presidential poll


THE presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has inaugurated the legal team to challenge the controversial presidential election of February 25, 2023.

Atiku had, while inaugurating the legal team at his campaign headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, charged members to establish the claim of illegality in the February 25 presidential election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people.

The PDP candidate instructed the legal team that apart from reclaiming the mandate from those who undertook the electoral heist, they should also use the opportunity of the trial to strengthen constitutional democracy in the country.

In his brief to the team, headed by  J. K. Gadzama, SAN, at the conference room of his office at the campaign headquarters, Atiku said it was imperative that they worked assiduously to reclaim the mandate, not necessarily because of him and the PDP, but to strengthen democracy and the electoral process and for generations unborn."

Those listed as members of the team include:  Chris Uche (SAN), Mr. Paul Usoro (SAN), Tayo Jegede (SAN), Ken Mozia (SAN),  Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Mahmood Magaji (SAN), Joe Abraham (SAN), Mr Chukwuma Umeh (SAN), Dr. Garba Tetengi (SAN) and Emeka Etiaba, SAN.

Others are:  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).

Recall that the PDP had accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of reneging on its promise of a free, fair and credible elections.

The party held that figures relied upon by INEC to declare the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, winner of the presidential election were at variance with the actual votes cast.

It also held that INEC failed to abide by provisions of the Electoral Act and its own guidelines to upload the election results from the polling units using the BIVAS thereby giving room for the falsification of figures to give the APC an underserved victory.

Culled from Vanguard

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