By Dare Akogun
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted a legal team led by Lateef Fagbemi and twelve other Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend the victory of its candidate, Bola Tinubu, at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
This was disclosed in a statement posted on the party’s official Twitter handle on Tuesday, March 7.
The team also includes APC National Legal Adviser Ahmad El-Marzuq.
In the statement signed by El-Marzuq, the APC said the legal team, consisting of 13 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, will be led by Fagbemi, a prominent lawyer.
He stated the party’s confidence in the legal team’s ability to represent the APC successfully in the Presidential Election Petition issues since they have the necessary knowledge and experience.
El-Marzuq asked party members to assist the team in defending “the people’s will and mandate” secured in the presidential election held on February 25.
He also urged all parties to act with the utmost professionalism and respect for the rule of law.
The legal team includes Fagbemi (Lead Counsel); Ahmad El-Marzuq (Life Bencher); Sam Ologunorisa; Rotimi Oguneso; Olabisi Syebo; Gbotega Oyewole; Aliyu Saiki; Oluseye Opasanya; Suraju Saida, Tajudeen Oladoja; Pius Akubo; Kazeem Adeniyi and Muritala Abdulrasheed.
INEC, had, on Wednesday, March 1, declared the candidate of APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, winner of the Presidential Election with a total of votes of 8,794,726 votes followed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with 6,984,520 votes.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) followed closely with 6,101,533 votes.
Obi and Abubakar have announced their intention to challenge the election results in court, claiming electoral fraud.
