BREAKING: Source Reveals Who May Become Tinubu's Attorney General of Federation
- President Bola Tinubu has reportedly settled for Lateef Fagbemi as the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice
- Fagbemi is the lead counsel defending Tinubu and the APC before the presidential election petition court
- The Senior Advocate of Nigeria was appointed by the President and his party shortly after the INEC announced Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election
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FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu has been said to be ready to forward the long-awaited ministerial list to the national assembly today, Thursday, July 27.
Multiple sources disclosed that Lateef Fagbemi is likely to become the choice of President Tinubu's attorney general of the federation and minister of justice, Vanguard reported.
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APC lead counsel to become AGF
Fagbemi is the lead counsel defending the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the ongoing hearing at the 2023 presidential election petition court.
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The Senior Advocate of Nigeria is a renowned lawyer who has handled several cases on election matters.
Shortly after the February 25 presidential election, the APC's legal adviser, Ahmad Usman El-Marzuq, Esq., said:
“The legal team consisting of twelve (12) Senior Advocates of Nigeria and the National Legal Adviser of the Party, Ahmad Usman El-Marzuq, Esq., is led by Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN, a renowned lawyer who has successfully handled various high-profile election matters and other landmark cases.”
How Fagbemi emerges as APC, Tinubu lead counsel
President Tinubu was declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election by the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu.
The victory of President Tinubu was rejected by some opposition parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party.
They have cited electoral fraud and are asking the petition court to declare their candidates, Atiku Abubakar (PDP) and Peter Obi (Labour Party), as winner of the election in separate petitions.
Udoma, 2 other presidential nominees who could not become ministers
Legit.ng earlier reported that some politicians have in the past been nominated by the president but did not eventually become a minister.
The incident happened between 1999 and 2007 when Olusegun Obasanjo was Nigeria's president.
Some of them were nominated by then President Obasanjo but rejected by the Senate, while one of them passed the Senate screening but rejected the offer after discovering his portfolio.
Source: Legit.ng
