Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s failed presidential candidate, has hired a team of 19 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to contest the result of the February 25 election.
Atiku gave them their briefing Wednesday at his Abuja campaign headquarters and urged them to “establish the claim of illegality in the election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people”.
Leading this high-powered legal team is seasoned litigation and commercial lawyer JK Gadzama.
He argued that it is essential to challenge this outcome not just for himself and his party, but also for constitutional democracy so that it can survive for generations to come.
The list of SANs includes Chief Chris Uche, Paul Usoro, Tayo Jegede, Ken Mozia, Chief Mike Ozekhome, Mahmood Magaji, Joe Abraham, Chukwuma Umeh, Garba Tetengi and Chief Emeka Etiaba – as well as Chief Goddy Uche; Professor Maxwell Gidado; PDP’s National Legal Adviser A.K. Ajibade; O.M. Atoyebi; Nella Rabana; Paul Ogbole; Nuremi Jimoh and Abdul Ibrahim.
Article updated 2 months ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
