A Federal High Court in Abuja has trashed the case against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 elections.
Bayo Onanuga, Director of Media and Publicity for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, confirmed the dismissal in a statement.
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It was noted that several cases brought against Tinubu by opposition elements, including Action Alliance, had been dismissed by the courts in recent weeks for being frivolous, lacking in merit, and abusing court processes.
In the case with suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/854/2022, Justice Fadima Aminu Muritala described the plaintiff, Elder Ngozika Ihuoma as a “meddlesome interloper having no locus standi to institute the suit”.
The most recent case is the fourth to be dismissed by the courts in recent weeks.
After APC’s counsel, Julius Ishola Esq from Babatunde Ogala & Co urged the Court to dismiss the case with heavy costs for wasting judicial time, Justice Muritala dismissed it as speculative.
Ihuoma sued Tinubu and five others in court on June 9, 2022, after Tinubu won the APC presidential primary election. He sought six reliefs, including an injunction barring Tinubu from running in the 2023 presidential election.
In response to the suit, the law firm of Babatunde Ogala (SAN) & Co filed a counter affidavit in opposition to the Originating Summons and a Notice of Preliminary Objection on behalf of the All Progressives Congress.
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The counter-affidavit called Ihuoma’s locus standi and grounds for the action into question. It asked the court to rule that the case was speculative, pre-emptive, and non-justiciable because it involved the internal affairs of a political party.
The counter-affidavit also criticized Ihuoma’s case as academic, theoretical, and an abuse of the legal system. On Monday, the court upheld the defence counsel’s objections and dismissed the case.
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