The lawsuit that sought to remove President Bola Tinubu from office was dismissed by the Supreme Court.
Ambrose Aworu, the Hope Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, filed a lawsuit to remove Tinubu on the grounds of drug and Central Intelligence Agency claims.
A five-member panel of justices led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji unanimously decided on Monday that the complaint was frivolous and that Owuru should be fined N5 million.
Additionally, it cautioned the Supreme Court Registry not to accept any more pointless originating summonses from the plaintiff.
In the legal action he filed directly with the Supreme Court, Owuru asserted, among other things, that President Tinubu is an active agent of the CIA of the United States of America, a position he said made him unsuitable to hold the presidency.
In addition, the plaintiff sought the Supreme Court to disqualify Tinubu due to his prior forfeiture of $460,000 to the United States government in a drug-related matter.
He particularly asked the Supreme Court to remove Tinubu from office for being controlled by foreign powers by invoking section 157 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
Additionally, it cautioned the Supreme Court Registry not to accept any more pointless originating summonses from the plaintiff.
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Among other things, Owuru claimed in the lawsuit he filed directly with the highest court that President Tinubu is an active agent of the US CIA, which he said disqualifies him from holding the office of president.
The petitioner also asked the Supreme Court to dismiss Tinubu because he had previously forfeited $460,000 to the US authorities in a drug-related matter.
He particularly asked the Supreme Court to remove Tinubu from office for being controlled by foreign powers by invoking section 157 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
Owuru joined former President Muhammadu Buhari as a defendant in his lawsuit, SC/CV/667/2023, whose political party, HDP, has since been de-registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC.
But when the case came up for hearing on Monday, the plaintiff stood up to make his case alone while wearing the wig and gown of his attorney.
Additionally, Owuru had tried to thwart the swearing-in of former President Buhari.
He asserted that INEC helped President Buhari rig the 2019 presidential election results.
He argued that even though the election was initially scheduled for February 16, 2019, INEC issued a postponement just five hours before the polls opened, and the election was ultimately held on February 23, 2019.
Owuru asserted that he had won a referendum that was held and watched over by both international and local organizations before it was postponed.
He informed the court that he had received more than 50 million votes at the conclusion of the aforementioned referendum, which he claimed was significantly more than the total number of votes received by Buhari and other presidential contenders.
The British-trained attorney who was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 1982 claimed that former President Buhari’s term was unlawful.
Despite being the legitimate winner of the 2019 presidential election, Owuru said that Buhari had stolen his mandate and controlled the nation’s affairs for eight years.
In order for Tinubu to regain his usurped mandate, he contended that the supreme court should declare him president and order his immediate inauguration after disqualifying him for being ineligible to assume the top position.
In addition to President Tinubu and Buhari, the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Attorney General of the Federation, and the Minister of Justice are also defendants in the case.