The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has hired nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) to defend the results of the February 25 presidential election.
According to City Lawyer, the team will be led by the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Abubakar Mahmoud.
Other members of the team are Stephen Adehi, Oluwakemi Pinheiro, Miannaya Essien, and Abdullahi Aliyu.
A member of the legal team revealed that four SANs who are staff members of INEC’s legal department are also members of the team alongside Garba Hassan, Musa Attah, and Patricia Obi.
Petitions
The electoral body budgeted over ₦3 billion to defend the results of the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections and the March 18 governorship and State House of Assembly polls.
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Several candidates who lost in the elections filed petitions at the presidential and state Election Petition Tribunals to challenge the outcome of the polls.
Over 100 election petitions have been filed by aggrieved candidates and their parties across Nigeria.
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The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar; the Labour Party, Peter Obi; the Action Alliance, Solomon Okangbuan; Allied Peoples Movement, Chichi Ojei, have also filed petitions for the nullification of the presidential election results.
