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Breaking! Olanipekun, Olujimi, Ogala, Banire, 45 Other Lawyers To Defend Tinubu Against Atiku, Obi

Constitutional lawyer and legal icon Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and 49 other lawyers are reportedly set to defend the victory of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Election Tribunal.

Olanipekun, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), will lead a former governor, former Attorney-General of the Federation, and many others to defend the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the just-concluded presidential election, Tinubu, against petitions served by candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.

Recall that Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to beat Atiku and Obi to the second and third positions with 6,984,520 and 6,101,533 scores, respectively, at the February 25th polls.

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CityNews Nigeria understands that Tinubu’s legal team will hold their preliminary meeting today in Lagos. They are to discuss some of the issues in the public domain which may be included in the petitions of the PDP and the LP.

There were indications that some PDP governors may join in the case before the tribunal to testify that the poll was free and fair in their states.

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According to The Nation, some of the 50 SANs were said to have opted for free service to actualize Tinubu’s mandate.

Some senior lawyers defending Tinubu’s victory are a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Akin Olujimi, Yusuf Ali, Lateef Fagbemi, A.U. Mustapha, Ahmed Raji, Abiodun Owonikoko, Kemi Pinheiro, Niyi Akintola and H.M. Liman.

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Others are Taiwo Osipitan, Babatunde Ogala, Roland Otaru, James Onoja, Muiz Banire, Olusola Oke, and former Bauchi State Governor Mohammed Abubakar.

A source told The Nation: “Buoyed by patriotism and the need to protect the sanctity of the ballot, about 50 SANs have signed up to defend the mandate of Asiwaju Tinubu. The figure may be more in the next few days.

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“Some of these legal giants have either not met with Tinubu or seeking any favour from him. They believe that the February 25 poll was credible and the best in the history of Nigeria.”

The source added: “In spite of the noise in the media, both Atiku and Obi have not served Tinubu and APC a copy of any petition before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.

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“But the defence team of Tinubu will meet on Tuesday (today) in Lagos ahead of allowing Atiku and Obi to get their acts together.”

Section 130 (1, 2and 3) of the Electoral Act 2022 says: “ “No election and return at any election under this Act shall be questioned in any manner other than by a petition complaining of an undue election or undue return presented to the competent tribunal or court in accordance with the provisions of the constitution or of this Act and in which the person elected or returned is joined as a party.

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“In this part, ‘tribunal’ means-(a) in the case of the presidential election, the Court of Appeal; and (b) in the case of any other elections under this Act, the election tribunal established under the Constitution or by this Act.

“The election tribunals shall-(a) be constituted not later than 30 days before the election; and (b) when constituted, open their registries for business seven days before the election.”

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