The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has hired 19 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to challenge the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25 presidential election.
The team is led by Chief J. K. Gadzama (SAN).
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 legal team was inaugurated at his campaign headquarters in Abuja.
Atiku, while inaugurating the legal team on Tuesday, March 7, charged the senior lawyers to help him reclaim his mandate from President-Elect Tinubu.
Atiku charged the Gadzama-led team to establish the claim of illegality in the February 25 presidential election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people.
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The PDP presidential candidate 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.
Addressing the legal team, 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 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, declared Tinubu as winner of the February 25 presidential election.
Tinubu emerged with a total 8,794,726 votes, while his closest rival and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, polled 6,984,520 votes.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) came third with 6,101,533 votes, while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) came fourth with 1,496,687 votes.
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