By WOLE OLANIPEKUN, LATEEF FAGBEMI LEAD BUHARI, APC DEFENCE AT ELECTION TRIBUNAL
BlackBox Nigeria reports that there is every indication that, President Muhammadu Buhari is battle ready for the People’s Democratic Party, PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar at the Presidential Election Tribunal.
This conclusion can be reached after the president today, Friday March 8th, according to our source, rolled out the list of his legal armies to slug it out in court.
The legal list is coming on the heels of the resolve by the Atiku Abubakar of the PDP to challenge the result of the Presidential election which he alleged was characterized by myriads of irregularities.
Our source also revealed that President’s Buhari and APC Presidential tribunal line up are as follows:
Chief Wole Olanipekun leads Buhari’s defence team of 8. Others are:
2. Yusuf Alli,SAN,
3. A.B. Mahmoud SAN,
4. Funke Adekoya, SAN,
5. Femi Atoyebi, SAN,
6. Mike Igbokwe, SAN,
7.Osaro Egbobamien, SAN,
8. Akin Osinbajo, SAN and
9. Niyi Akintola, SAN
On the other hand, Lateef Fagbemi leads the APC team with others as follows:
2) Alex Izinyon, SAN,
3) Charles Edosomwan, SAN,
4) Prof Taiwo Ospitan, SAN,
5) Y.C. Maikyau, SAN,
6) Dr. Muiz Banire, SAN,
7) Ibrahim Bawa, SAN,
8)Benbella Anachebe, SAN,
9) Festus Keyamo SAN
BlackBox Nigeria gathered that, Chief Wole Olanipekun who leads the Buhari team is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association with many years of practice.
While on the other hand, Lateef Fagbemi is also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and has practised law in almost every part of Nigeria. He was one of the leading counsels in the service of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and has featured in several prominent cases.
With the legal team of the president in place, it is only a matter of time to see where the pendulum of justice swings.
