Chief Joe Gadzama (SAN) will lead other 17 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) on the election petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25 presidential poll.
Atiku, who inaugurated the legal team at his campaign headquarters yesterday in Abuja, urged the lawyers to reclaim “his mandate” and strengthen democracy.
The PDP candidate also tasked the legal team to use the case to strengthen constitutional democracy in the country.
Atiku urged the Gadzama-led legal team to establish the claim of illegality in the February 25 presidential election, saying the poll did not reflect the will of Nigerians.
The former Vice President stressed the imperative of the legal team working assiduously “to reclaim 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 legal team include Chief Chris Uche (SAN), Mr. 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), Nureni Jimoh (SAN), and Abdul Ibrahim (SAN).