We’ve enough facts to unseat Buhari – Atiku’s legal team

The lead lawyer representing Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the former vice president has all the needed facts to successfully prosecute his court case that seeks to unseat President Muhammad Buhari after last month’s election.

Abubakar is contesting the result of the election, alleging Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) rigged the polls.

Uzoukwu said in an interview Monday night, shortly after leading other lawyers to file a petition on behalf of Abubakar at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, that the case will be successful.

The challenge came in a bit to meet up with the 21 days stipulated by section 134 of the Electoral Act, 2010.

The petition, which was signed by Abubakar himself, has the PDP as co-petitioner while INEC, APC and Buhari as respondents.

Uzoukwu expressed optimism that his client would emerge victorious at the tribunal, saying he was convinced that PDP won the presidential election in the first place.

“I believe we have sufficient facts to move the court to appreciate our case and grant us our reliefs.

“We are ready and prepared to prove our case because it all depends on proofs and we are ready to prove our case.

“We have filed the petition, which is most fundamental, with some documents,” he said.

Though he admitted the team was currently having challenges accessing documents from INEC, he said that would not deter them from continuing with the suit.

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