Supreme Court Delivers Judgement on Appeal Seeking Tinubu’s Sack

• An appeal filed against President Bola Tinubu at the Supreme Court has been termed dead on arrival
• The appeal was dismissed by the apex court, which held that it was frivolous and lacked substance
• Ambrose Albert Owuru, who filed the appeal, also dragged Buhari, former AGF and INEC into the matter that revolves around the 2019 and the 2023 presidential election victory of the APC

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's tenure.

The apex court also dismissed the appeal filed against ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, January 29.

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As reported by The Nation, the appeal filed by a former presidential candidate of the defunct Hope Democratic Party (HDP), Ambrose Albert Owuru, and his party was struck out for lacking merit.

In a unanimous decision, a five-member panel of the apex court presided over by Justice John Okoro held that the appeal was frivolous and dismissed it.

Justice Okoro directed the applicant's lawyer, Habeeb Olawuyi, to withdraw the appeal and advised him never to bring such a frivolous case before the court.

The appellate court held that the action of Owuru to resurrect the case that died in 2019 at the Supreme Court was aimed at making the lower courts go on a collision course with the supremacy of the apex court.

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Why Owuru and the HDP dragged Buhari, INEC to court

A Federal High Court in Abuja had on Monday, January 30, 2023, dismissed the suit by a former presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, Chief Ambrose Owuru, against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election.

According to a report by The Punch, the suit seeking Buhari's removal was dismissed by Justice Inyang Ekwo on three grounds.

One of the grounds was that the suit constituted a gross abuse of court process, statute barred and was an affront to the supremacy of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The judge also held that the suit was baseless and frivolous.

Meanwhile, Owuru, a British-trained constitutional lawyer called to the Nigerian Bar in 1984, had instituted legal action against Buhari and the INEC. He asked the Federal High Court to declare him as the winner of the poll.

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Source: Legit.ng