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The supreme court, in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by Ambrose Owuru, presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party in the 2019 election, seeking to remove President Bola Tinubu from office.
INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that Mr. Owuru on Monday, was also ordered to pay a sum of N5 million to Tinubu.
Justice Uwani Musa Aba-Aji issued the order against the former presidential candidate.
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Owuru, who claimed to be a lawyer called to the Nigerian Bar in 1984, was spotted arguing his case, wearing wig and gown.
He was ordered out of the Bar and directed to remove his wig and gown before he could be allowed to argue his case.
Upon complying with the orders, Owuru was asked why he came before the court again, having had his suits dismissed three times.
It was gathered that he also tried unsuccessfully to convince the Apex Court to grant him adequate audience, his explanations were rejected as unconvincing.
Justice Aba-Aji ruled that Owuru’s conduct was unbecoming of a lawyer of over 40 years, as he claimed to be.
In the end, the Court dismissed his suit and ordered him to pay Tinubu N5 million.
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The court berated him for taking the Supreme Court for a ride, wasting its precious time with what its described as ‘baseless suits’ and grossly abusing court processes.
Recall that the Court of Appeal had previously imposed a fine of N40 million on Owuru, to be paid to Tinubu, INEC, and others, for filing a suit against them.
The new suit prayed the Apex Court to sack Tinubu on two major grounds: alleged non-qualification to hold office as Nigeria’s President and alleged usurpation of the office in contravention of the law.
Defendants in the suit were former President Muhammadu Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Tinubu as 1st to 4th defendants, respectively.
He claimed that his suit at the Supreme Court, which would have removed Buhari from office, was technically jettisoned by the Apex Court due to a mix-up in hearing dates.
He also prayed the Apex Court to disqualify Tinubu on account of the forfeiture of $460,000 to the United States of America over an alleged drug trafficking-related offence.
Owuru also accused Tinubu of being an active agent of the CIA, a position he claimed disqualified Tinubu from holding the office of President of Nigeria.
