Election fallout: Atiku inaugurates legal squad, EFCC grills campaign’s finance director

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during February 23, 2019, election, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday inaugurated his legal.

The team is meant to challenge the outcome of the election.

A statement signed by Media Adviser to Atiku, Paul Ibe stated that the legal would be headed by Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, SAN.

The statement further reads: “The Independent National Electoral Commission had on Wednesday, 27 February declared Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the election.

“However Atiku Abubakar on Thursday, 28 February rejected the result citing several malpractices, including the use of the military to perfect voters’ intimidation and suppression in PDP strongholds, connivance of INEC officials, security agents and the ruling party to manufacture bogus figures and outright falsification of the returns from the polling units. 

“Consequently he had given notice that he will use all available legitimate means to challenge the result of the election. 

“On Thursday night, the PDP presidential candidate met with members of the National Peace Committee prompting concerns in some quarters that he may have been prevailed upon not to proceed with the challenge.

“I have just inaugurated my legal team and charged them with the responsibility of ensuring that our stolen mandate is retrieved.

“I am encouraged by the presence of fearless men and women of the Bench. The judiciary which had in the past discharged itself ably is once again being called upon to deliver judgement on this matter that will be untainted by lucre and uncowed by the threat of immoral power.”

Meanwhile, reports making rounds indicate that operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Alhaji Babalele Abdullahi, son in-law and finance director of his (Atiku) group of companies in Abuja.

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