Presidential dispute: 'Many agreements flouted during elections' -Atiku's counsel

Many agreements were broken in the 2023 general elections.

This position was made public by Chris Uche SAN, the lawyer for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the ongoing presidential election petition proceedings.

The SAN remarked today while responding to Justice Tsammani’s response to his request to allow him to present five junior lawyers as team members against the recommended three names.

In the course of announcing the appearance of the petitioner’s legal team, Uche craved the indulgence of the court to permit him to announce five names, adding that he stumbled upon “Order 3 Rule 11″ which provides the allowance.

However, Justice Tsammani countered him and told him to maintain the agreed three names in respect to the presidential election.

According to the judge, “Agreement is agreement”. 

In responding, the senior lawyer posited that, “My Lord, there were many agreements in this election that were broken”.

"We were not part of that”, the Justice replied.

It would be recalled that the main opposition PDP and its presidential candidate had challenged the emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the president-elect in the February 25 presidential elections on the grounds that the Independent National Electoral Commission failed to electronically upload the entire accreditation data as promised as of the time the winner was declared.

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