The
lead lawyer representing Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Livy Uzoukwu, 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.
Mr Abubakar is contesting the result of the
election, alleging Mr Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress rigged
the polls.
Mr Uzoukwu said in an interview Monday night,
shortly after leading other lawyers to file a petition on behalf of Mr 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 Mr Abubakar
himself, has the PDP as co-petitioner while INEC, APC and Mr Buhari as
respondents.
Mr
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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