Over 400 lawyers, on Friday, raised the alarm over persistent threats to the life of one of their colleagues, Yetunde Shaibu, Convener of the United Front for Democracy, UFD.
The lawyers, from across the six geo-political zones of the county, under the aegis of the Committee for the Defence of Democracy, said this followed UFD’s whistleblowing on an alleged clandestine move by the Social Democratic Party, SDP, to file their petition against the outcome of the November 11 election through the backdoor and backdate same to circumvent the provisions of the Electoral Act, having failed to do so within the 21-day window prescribed by law.
The lawyers, who spoke at an emergency press conference in Abuja, attended by 20 representatives of the organisation representing their zones, said the claim by the Secretary of the Tribunal that he was attacked and petitions stolen, shortly after the whistleblowing, was suspicious.
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They noted that ever since Shaibu’s organisation raised the alarm on Monday, she had received a series of threat messages, while her family members had also been harassed endlessly for no crime other than the fact that she engaged in a patriotic act in defence of democracy and called for an investigation into a crucial matter after diligent findings.
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