A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Pius Akubo has rejected the appointment to be part of a team set up by the All Progressive Congress to defend the controversial election which produced President-elect Bola Tinubu as a winner in the February 25 presidential election.
In a statement made available to Newsmen, Mr. Akubo said he was not aware of the appointment, and there was no official communication between himself and Mr. Tinubu’s team.
The letter reads, “In the last twenty-four (24) hours or so, the social media space has been agog with a trending unsigned letter in respect of appointment of Presidential Election Petition Legal Team by All Progressives Congress (APC) wherein my name is listed as number 10.”
“With all due respect, I wish to state that I had no prior knowledge of the said appointment. As a matter of fact, I have not received any official communication on the subject matter hitherto. Suffice it to say that I was taken by surprise to hear of the said appointment vide social media.”
“In the circumstance and for personal reasons, I hereby decline the said appointment.”
On March 7, the APC listed 13 SANs who will represent and defend the Party at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
The Labour Party and Mr. Peter Obi had petitioned the Court of Appeal over the outcome of the controversial presidential election. Also, the Peoples Democratic Party and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar requested to inspect the election materials of the Presidential election.
