Keyamo: Why I Can’t Join 50 Lawyers Defending Tinubu’s Victory Against Atiku, Obi

'Dotun Akintomide
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Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has stated reason why he will not be joining senior lawyers defending the victory of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) had on Tuesday released a 50-man list of lawyers to defend Tinubu.

The legal team defending the victory of the Tinubu at the presidential election tribunal is being led by former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Wole Olanipekun.

The legal luminary will be leading 49 others to ensure that Tinubu prevails over rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, who have challenged his victory.

Explaining the omission of his name on the 50-man list, Keyamo who doubles as the spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday said the Nigerian Constitution does not permit a serving minister to take on such roles.

He noted that serving cabinet members can only join the Election Petition team after the May 29 handover date.

Recall Tinubu, the standard-bearer of APC, emerged as the winner of the presidential election held on Saturday, February 25, with 8, 794,726 votes to beat Atiku and Obi to the second and third positions with 6,984,520 and 6,101,533 scores respectively.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu has since presented him with a Certificate of Return last week’s Wednesday.

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