Tinubu constitutes legal team to defend mandate

…….The President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has constituted a team of legal experts to defend his mandate in the recently held presidential poll.

Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC), Mr. Festus Keyamo made this known at a press conference held at the campaign headquarters of the APC in Abuja.

,,,,,Though Keyamo did not shed light on the identity of those on the team, he disclosed that the team included him and several senior advocates who have expressed readiness to volunteer their services.

Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) further stated that the legal team had concluded arrangement to file a cross petition against the suit being instituted by the opposition Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aimed at ensuring the cancellation of the votes scored by the LP in the entire South East geopolitical zone of the country.

Alleging that the poll in the South East geopolitical zone was characterised by votes rigging and voter intimidation, he claimed that he had evidence at his possession whereby the entire results of a particular ward was handwritten by an unidentified individual.

,,,,,,Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr. Dele Alake, faulted the claim by the presidential candidates of the LP and PDP, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not use the BVAS during the presidential poll.