President-elect Bola Tinubu reportedly engages 50 Laywers to defend his election (Details

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has inaugurated a team of 50 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend his election at the February 25, 2023, presidential pool before the Court of Appeal.

Tinubu was said to have instructed the 50-member team that the task before them is not just about defending his election, noting that it is a task that has the defense of democracy as its major prime.

Leadership reports that this was disclosed by Tinubu’s lead counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), at the inaugural meeting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, March 8.

The president-elect referred to the results of the presidential election, particularly those of Lagos and Katsina, his home states, and those of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the defeats suffered by the All Progressives Congress (APC) were unthinkable outcomes that were only possible due to the free and fair nature of the election.

Tinubu noted his complete trust in the abilities of members of his legal team, just as he said over the years he had worked with most of them in the course of his own defense of democracy and democratic institutions.

He expressed complete faith in the ability of members of the team to bring their wealth of knowledge, experience, and diligence to bear in the defense of the popular wishes of the Nigerian people.

This comes a day after the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, inaugurated a legal team, which includes 17 SANs, to challenge the controversial presidential election.