Pius Akubo, a Senior Advocate of Nigerian attorney, declines appointment to represent Tinubu in court

Pius Akubo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), declined the assignment to join the legal team representing President-elect Tinubu in court.

To represent the party and the president-elect Bola Tinubu in court about his contentious victory in the presidential election on February 25, the All Progressive Congress (APC) engaged some of the nation’s top attorneys.

Pius Akubo, one of the attorneys, has objected to the appointment. The attorney said in a news release that he was not told of his appointment to join the legal team representing Tinubu in court.

The statement reads:

“In the last twenty-four (24) hours or so, the social media space has been agog with a trending unsigned letter in respect of appointment of Presidential Election Petition Legal Team by All Progressives Congress (APC) wherein my name is listed as number 10,” said the senior lawyer in a statement.

Mr Akubo added, “With all due respect, I wish to state that I had no prior knowledge of the said appointment. As a matter of fact, I have not received any official communication on the subject matter hitherto. Suffice it to say that I was taken by surprise to hear of the said appointment vide social media.”

Even if such thoughts were being entertained, Mr. Akubo emphasized that he could not, for personal reasons, defend the former Lagos governor.

“In the circumstance and for personal reasons, I hereby decline the said appointment,” he added.

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