Politics
INEC Appoints Nine SANs To Defend Tinubu’s Victory
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed the service of nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend the election results of the February 25 presidential election.
VerseNews Nigeria reports that according to City Lawyer, the legal team is to be led by former Nigerian Bar Association President, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN).
Other members of the team are Stephen Adehi (SAN), Oluwakemi Pinheiro (SAN), Miannaya Essien (SAN), and Abdullahi Aliyu (SAN).
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Further report gathered by this Online News Media reveals that from a member of the legal team that four SANs who are staff members of INEC’s legal department are also members of the team alongside Garba Hassan, Musa Attah, and Patricia Obi.
It was also gathered that INEC budgeted over N3billion to defend the results of the February 25 presidential and national assembly elections and the March 18 governorship and state assembly polls.