A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Pius Akubo has rejected the appointment to the legal team of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.
A few days ago, the All Progressives Congress, APC, had constituted its Presidential Election Petition Team.
Akubo was one of the 12 legal luminaries with vast experience in election matters, constitutional laws, and litigation constituted by the APC.
The legal team is expected to defend Tinubu’s win in the last presidential election.
“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.”
Akubo stressed that he can’t defend the President-elect due to personal reasons.
“In the circumstance and for personal reasons, I hereby decline the said appointment,” he added.
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