The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has inaugurated a 19-man legal team to challenge the result of the presidential election held on February 25, 2023.
According to a statement issued by his media office on Wednesday, Atiku inaugurated the legal team at his campaign headquarters in Abuja, on Tuesday.
He charged the team to establish the claim of illegality in the February 25 presidential election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people from the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who was declared winner.
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Addressing the team, headed by Joe Gadzama (SAN), at the conference room of his campaign headquarters, Atiku told the senior lawyers 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.
“It is imperative that you work assiduously in reclaiming the mandate, not necessarily because of me and the PDP, but to strengthen democracy and the electoral process and for generations unborn,” he added.
Members of the team include Chris Uche (SAN), Paul Usoro (SAN), Tayo Jegede (SAN), Ken Mozia (SAN), Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Mahmood Magaji (SAN), Joe Abraham (SAN), Chukwuma Umeh (SAN), Garba Tetengi (SAN) and Emeka Etiaba (SAN).
Others are Goddy Uche (SAN), Prof. Maxwell Gidado (SAN); National Legal Adviser of the PDP, A. K. Ajibade (SAN), O. M. Atoyebi (SAN), Nella Rabana (SAN), Paul Ogbole (SAN), Nuremi Jimoh (SAN) and Abdul Ibrahim (SAN).
