Breaking: Supreme Court Gives Final Verdict on Suit Seeking to Sack Tinubu

Breaking: Supreme Court Gives Final Verdict on Suit Seeking to Sack Tinubu

  • The Supreme Court has thrown out a suit seeking to void the election of President Bola Tinubu and oust him
  • The court, on Monday, dismissed the case and imposed a N5 million fine on the plaintiff for wasting the court's time with a frivolous suit
  • Chief Ambrose Owuru, who contested the 2019 presidential election under the Hope Democratic Party, filed the lawsuit directly at the Supreme Court in an attempt to disqualify Tinubu

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The Supreme Court, on Monday, December 16, dismissed a suit seeking to sack President Bola Tinubu from office.

Supreme Court gives verdict on the suit seeking to sack Tinubu as president
Supreme Court gives verdict on the suit seeking to sack Tinubu. Photo credit: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of justices, awarded a fine of N5 million against the plaintiff, Chief Ambrose Owuru, who was the presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP), in the 2019 general election.

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As reported by Vanguard, the panel, which was led by Justice Uwani Musa Abba-Aji, warned the registry of the Supreme Court not to accept any frivolous originating summons from the plaintiff again.

Why Owuru wanted the court to sack Tinubu

In the legal action he filed directly at the apex court, Owuru, who contested the 2019 presidential election under the HDP, alleged that Tinubu was an active agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a position he argued makes him unfit to occupy the presidential seat.

He also urged the apex court to disqualify Tinubu on the grounds that he had earlier forfeited $460,000 to the US government in a drug-related case.

He specifically prayed the court to invoke section 157 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, and oust Tinubu from office for being under the control of foreign authorities.

Following the dismissal of his case and the conduct of the presidential election on February 25, 2023, Owuru approached the appellate court to stop the swearing-in of the then president-elect, Tinubu, a prayer the court refused.

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Aniekan Akpan, the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom state, and the Secretary, Harrison Ekpo, sued President Tinubu.

The duo also sued the senate president, Godswill Akpabio.

Both All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains were sued over the controversial appointment of Etekamba Umoren, as the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the south-south state.

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institue of Journalism (NIJ), where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. In 2024, Esther obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.