By Ken Chiwendu
Are five – member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Uwani Abba – Aji on Monday dismissed the lawsuit seeking the removal of President Bola Tinubu from office.
The suit filed by Ambrose Owuru, presidential candidate of the defunct Hope Democratic Party in the 2019 general election, sought Tinubu’s removal based on Central Intelligence Agency( CIA ) and drug allegations.
The court in a unanimous decision held that the suit was frivolous and that Owuru be fined the sum of N5 million.
It further warned the Registry of the Supreme Court not to accept any frivolous originating summons from the plaintiff again.
The plaintiff among other claims, alleged that President Tinubu is an active agent of the CIA of the United States of America, a position he argued makes him unfit to occupy the presidential seat.
Owuru also urged the apex court to disqualify Tinubu on the account that he had earlier forfeited the sum of $460,000 to the government of the USA in a drug-related case.
The claimant specifically prayed the Supreme Court to invoke section 157 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, and oust Tinubu from office for being under the control of foreign authorities.
He joined former President Muhammadu Buhari as a defendant in the suit
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal had on May 25, 2023, also imposed a N40 million fine against the plaintiff for filing a “frivolous” suit to stop Tinubu from being sworn in as president.
Owuru had also attempted to stop Buhari’s swearing-in claiming that the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC assisted the former president to manipulate the outcome of the 2019 presidential election.
