Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has asked a 19-member legal team he assembled to go out there, challenge the presidential election of February 25, 2023 and reclaim his mandate.
The PDP presidential candidate, who inaugurated the legal team at his campaign headquarters in Abuja today, March 8, charged it to establish the claim of illegality in the February 25 presidential election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people.
Atiku said that apart from reclaiming the mandate from those who undertook the electoral heist that was not the reflection of the will of Nigerians, the legal team should use the opportunity of the trial to strengthen constitutional democracy in the country.
He directed the team, headed by Chief J. K. Gadzama SAN, Atiku said that it is imperative that they work assiduously in reclaiming the mandate not necessarily because of him and the PDP, but to strengthen democracy and the electoral process and for generations unborn.
Members of the team include Chief Chris Uche (SAN), Paul Usoro (SAN), Tayo Jegede (SAN), Ken Mozia (SAN), Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Mahmood Magaji (SAN), Joe Abraham (SAN), Mr Chukwuma Umeh (SAN), Dr. Garba Tetengi (SAN) and Chief Emeka Etiaba (SAN).
Others are Chief Goddy Uche (SAN), Prof. Maxwell Gidado (SAN); the National Legal Adviser of the PDP, A. K. Ajibade (SAN), Mr. O. M. Atoyebi, (SAN), Mrs. Nella Rabana (SAN), Paul Ogbole (SAN), Nuremi Jimoh (SAN), and Abdul Ibrahim (SAN).
