After the announcement of the winner of the Presidential Election held on 25th February 2023. The All Progressives Congress (APC) assembled 13 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) to represent the party at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
The 13 SAN are to defend the victory of the APC and the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at the Tribunal.
It was said that the team comprised legal luminaries with vast experience in election petition matters, constitutional law, and litigation. The legs team will be led by Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), a renowned lawyer.
The list of the Legal team hired by APC is as follows:
Lateef Fagbemi (Lead Counsel), Ahmad El-Marzuq (Life Bencher), Sam Ologunorisa, Rotimi Oguneso, Olabisi Syebo, Gbotega Oyewole, Muritala Abdulrasheed, Aliyu Saiki, Tajudeen Oladoja, Pius Akubo, Oluseye Opasanya, Suraju Saida, Kazeem Adeniyi.
The party has confidence in the legal team because they all possess the requisite expertise and experience to ensure a vast victory for the APC in the Presidential Election Petition matters.