June 18, (THEWILL) – The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and its Ogun state gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 general elections, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, have moved a step further in their efforts to successfully prosecute their petition at the Appeal Court, Ibadan, by hiring a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chijioke Emeka of Auxano Law Firm, as lead counsel.
This was made known to journalists in a letter of engagement addressed to Chijioke O.P Emeka, by the firm of Izunya Izunya, to join the appeal legal team as a led counsel in a petition against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Governor Dapo Abiodun and the All Progressives Congress (APC), over omission of the party’s name on the ballot papers used in conducting March 18th governorship election in Ogun state.
The letter by the Izunya Izunya law firm, dated June 16, 2023, with the heading, “Letter of engagement for the prosecution of the case of our client: New Nigeria People’s Party’ stated that, “We are a firm of legal practitioners acting as counsel for New Nigeria Peoples Party (hereinafter referred to as our client and on whose behalf we write.
“We on behalf of our client, engage your law firm, sir, to prosecute our client’s appeal pending at the Court of Appeal, Ibadan between the New Nigeria Peoples Party Vs Independent National Electoral Commission & 2 Ors with appeal No CA/IB/EPT/OG/GOV/01/2023.
“Our authority of engaging your law firm is derived from the letter briefing us to defend our client’s Governorship Election petition, wherein we were authorised to liaise with any counsel we deem worthy to work with, Attached herein is a copy of the said letter written and signed by the National Legal Adviser of our client.”
It could be recalled that Isaac Dale Izunya of Izunya Izunya Law Firm, was authorised by the National leadership of the NNPP through a letter signed by the Party’s National Legal Adviser, Robert Hon briefing him to liaise with any counsel he deemed worthy to work with, to defend the NNPP at the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.
