Defeated PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has every fact he needs to prosecute his case at the tribunal and win, according to Dr. Livy Uzoukwu.
Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and lead counsel of the Atiku/Obi legal team, revealed this in an interview yesterday after leading other lawyers to file petition on behalf of Alhaji Abubakar at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja.
INEC declared President Buhari, the flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the presidential election but Atiku has did not agree with the result, deciding to go to court.
Dr Livy said, “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”,
“We may be having some challenges accessing documents from INEC, notwithstanding, we have filed the petition and with time, INEC shall be made to obey the orders of the court of appeal and grant us access to electoral documents.
“That we have filed petition does not mean we can not make use of those documents when we eventually secure them from INEC.
“Some members of the team were in INEC three times last week, they were in INEC yesterday and even today but they asked them to come tomorrow (Tuesday), that by tomorrow they will provide them with some documents.
“I do hope that INEC will keep to its words and do the needful, because they have no option as far as the matter is concerned. Because we are talking about the compliance with an order of the court.”
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