On Wednesday, Atiku briefed them at the headquarters of his campaign in Abuja and asked them to “establish the claim of illegality in the election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people.”
JK Gadzama, a seasoned commercial and litigation lawyer, is in charge of the group.
He went on to say that not only is it important for him and the PDP to go through this process, but it also helps to strengthen constitutional democracy and protect it for future generations.
Chiefs Chris Uche, Paul Usoro, Tayo Jegede, Ken Mozia, Mahmood Magaji, Joe Abraham, Chukwuma Umeh, Garba Tetengi, and Chief Emeka Etiaba are among the SANs on the list, along with Chief Goddy Uche and Professor Maxwell Gidado. A.K. Ajibade, National Legal Advisor for the PDP; Atoyebi, O.M. Rabana Nella; Ogbole, Paul; Abdul Ibrahim and Nuremi Jimoh
Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar’s counterpart in the Labour Party, and Atiku Abubakar have both refused to accept defeat in the presidential election on February 25 and have pledged to recover their mandate through legal action.
The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, in his acceptance speech after he was declared the winner of the election on Wednesday, asked the two candidates to support him in the task of building the nation. The gesture of reconciliation made by the President-elect was rejected by the two candidates.
After the 70-year-old received 8,794,726 votes, Tinubu was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission. He defeated his closest rivals, Atiku and Obi, who received 6,984,520 and 6,101 votes, respectively.
Atiku and Obi both went to the Presidential Election Court to ask for permission to look at election materials used in the presidential election.
The move resulted in the Court of Appeal in Abuja granting Atiku and Obi permission to access all sensitive election materials on Friday.
The order was issued by a panel of the appellate court headed by Justice Joseph Ikyegh after hearing two separate ex parte applications filed by the two displeased presidential candidates and their political parties.
INEC, the All Progressives Congress, and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, who was declared the winner of the election and is now the President-elect, were listed as respondents in the matter.
Both applications were based on Section 146 (1) of the Electoral Act of 2022 and Paragraph 47 (1), (2), and (3) of the First Schedule of the Electoral Act of 2022. Additionally, the applications were based on the inherent jurisdiction of the court, which is referred to in Sections 6 (6) A & B of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).