A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Pius Akubo, who was among the appointed 13 All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential Election Petition legal team has rejected the appointment.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by Akubo on Wednesday.
Rejecting his appointment, Akubo said he had no prior knowledge of the appointment.
He wrote, “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 via social media.
“In the circumstance, and for personal reasons, I hereby decline the said appointment.”
