2019 Presidential poll : Atiku heads to election tribunal, names Dr Uzoukwu as head legal team

Oredola Adeola |

Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , PDP, has inaugurated legal team to challenge the result of the 23 February presidential election which declared President Muhammadu Buhari of the election.

The legal team is headed by Dr Livy Uzoukwu, SAN, while two Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Chief Kanu Agabi and Ikpeazu were allegedly threatened by government not be part of the legal team.

Alh. Atiku Abubakar

This was disclosed in a press statement signed and released on Saturday by Paul I've, media adviser of the former Vice President. The statement noted that the PDP Presidential candidate has chosen to head to the election petition tribunal having made known his misgivings to the National Peace Committee.

Recall that after a keenly contested election, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday, 27 February declared Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the election.

Atiku had after the announcement on Thursday, 28 February, rejected the result citing several malpractices including the alleged use of the military to perfect voters’ intimidation and suppression in PDP strongholds, “connivance of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC officials, security agents and the ruling party to manufacture bogus figures and outright falsification of the returns from the polling units.”

The statement said, “I have just inaugurated my legal team and charged them with the responsibility of ensuring that our stolen mandate is retrieved.

“I am encouraged by the presence of fearless men and women of the Bench. The judiciary which had in the past discharged itself ably is once again being called upon to deliver judgement on this matter that will be untainted by lucre and uncowed by the threat of immoral power”, the statement added.

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