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Levi Uzoukwu (SAN), Chris Uche (SAN) and P.A. Akubo (SAN) appearing
for PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar during hearing on
the application to compel INEC give access to inspect electoral
materials at the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday.
Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, has said the presidential candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded election,
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has all the facts to prosecute his case at
the tribunal and emerge victorious.
Uzoukwu a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Lead Counsel of
the Atiku/Obi legal team, disclosed this in an interview on Monday
after leading other lawyers to file petition on behalf of Alhaji
Abubakar at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in
Abuja.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on
February 27, declared President Buhari, the flag-bearer of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the presidential
election.
Buhari polled a total of 15,191,847 votes while Atiku Abubakar
got 11,262,978. However, Abubakar and his party, the PDP, were
dissatisfied with the conduct of the election and the eventual
declaration of Buhari as winner and moved to seek legal redress. In
a bid to meet up with the 21 days stipulated by section 134 of the
Electoral Act, 2010, Dr. Uzoukwu, head of the legal team, led other
lawyers to submit a petition on behalf of his client on Monday.
The petition which was duly signed by Alhaji Abubakar himself,
has the PDP as co-petitioner while INEC, APC and President Buhari
were joined as respondents. Dr. Uzoukwu expressed optimism that his
client would emerge victorious at the tribunal, saying he was
convinced that PDP won the presidential election in the first
place.