AGF condemns threats on presidential election court justices
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has condemned attacks on justices of the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja.
Mr Fagbemi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), represented the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the court where President Bola Tinubu’s victory at the February presidential poll was being challenged by Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.
The AGF spoke on Monday at a ceremony marking the commencement of the Court of Appeal’s 2023/2024 legal year in Abuja………………………………….CONTINUE READING
One of Atiku’s media aides, Phrank Shaibu, had sparked a controversy that trended on Nigeria’s social media space where it was insinuated that the five-member presidential election court decision affirming Mr Tinubu’s election was drafted by the president’s legal team.
An imprint, ‘President Tinubu Legal Team,’ surfaced on a copy of the decision couple of days after the court delivered its judgment on 6 September.
