The Labour Party (LP) has announced the full names of the legal team that will contest the outcome of the presidential election on February 25.
Remember that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, was proclaimed the victor of the February 25 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Tinubu received 8,794,726 votes, defeating 17 other candidates in the poll.
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LP Presidential candidate Peter Obi and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart Atiku Abubakar, on the other hand, have contested Tinubu’s victory at the Presidential Tribunal.
Tanko Yunusa, spokesman for the LP Presidential Campaign Council, said in a statement on Monday that the legal team is a 60-member team that would contest the presidential election results at the tribunal.
According to Yunusa, the legal team is led by Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and is assisted by other top lawyers.
The identities of the lawyers who will represent Obi at the tribunal are listed below.
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Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN)
Chief Awa Kalu (SAN)
Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN)
P.I.N. Ikwueto (SAN)
Chief Ben Anyachebe (SAN)
S.T. Hon (SAN)
Arthur Obi Okafor (SAN)
Ik Ezechukwu (SAN)
J.S. Okutepa (SAN)
Dr. Mrs. Valerie Azinge (SAN)
Emeka Okpoko (SAN)
Alex Ejesieme (SAN)
Olumide Ayeni (SAN)
Olalekan Ojo (SAN)
Audu Anuga (SAN)
Prof. Agbo J. Madaki (Esq)
Nguemu Uja, Esq
Dayo Ashomibare, Esq
F. N. Ogbe, Esq
Precious Amukpo, Esq
David Agashua, Esq
Michaelson L. Hon, Esq
Olusola Ebisemi
Remember that the lawyers went to the INEC headquarters in Abuja on Monday to inspect the election materials used in the presidential election.
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