APC legal directorate to Atiku: We’ll defend Buhari

The Legal Directorate of the All Progressive Congress, APC Presidential Campaign Council has affirmed its readiness to defend the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari with all the legal expertise at its disposal. A statement issued and signed by Prof Mamman Lawan Yusufari, Deputy Director Legal after its emergency meeting held on 27 Feb 2019 called […]

The Legal Directorate of the All Progressive Congress, APC Presidential Campaign Council has affirmed its readiness to defend the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari with all the legal expertise at its disposal.

A statement issued and signed by Prof Mamman Lawan Yusufari, Deputy Director Legal after its emergency meeting held on 27 Feb 2019 called on interested parties who were not satisfied with the results of the elections to challenge same by following due process of the law.

The directorate congratulated President Buhari for winning the 2019 presidential election and thanked Nigerians for their overwhelming support.

They lauded the presidential candidates, political parties and their support groups for their general respect for the law in the campaign activities

The statement also hailed INEC for conducting the presidential and National Assembly elections in substantial compliance with the law.
The directorate condemned the few cases of violence in some parts of the country and called on the appropriate authorities to deal with the perpetrators in accordance with the law.

Recall that the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) , Atiku Abubakar rejected the announced result of the presidential election, saying he would challenge it in court.

Abubakar in a statement he personally signed early Wednesday morning in Abuja , said that it was clear that there were premeditated malpractices in many states which negates the results announced.