Serving minister cannot be listed in private legal team – Keyamo explains exclusion from Tinubu’s

Festus Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has explained his absence from the legal team defending Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, in court.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Tinubu winner of the February 25 presidential election, but his major rivals in the exercise, headed for the court to challenge his victory.

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of Labour Party are both claiming to have won the election and they have hired lawyers to prove their case in court.

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On Tuesday morning, the list of Tinubu’s 48-man legal counsel went viral on social media.

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) also released a 12-man list of senior lawyers to defend Tinubu.