Court dismisses another case against Tinubu inauguration over age, citizenship

Court dismisses another case against Tinubu inauguration over age, citizenship 

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed another suit seeking to stop the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as President of Nigeria.

A group, the Concerned Nigerians, had filed the suit seeking the disqualification of Tinubu, alleging he lied on oath over his dual citizenship by possessing Nigerian and Guinean passports.
Justice James Omotosho on Friday ruled that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit.

The court also held that the applicants, being participants as only voters in the February 25 presidential election did not afford them the locus standi to bring the action.

The judge held that the suit by Praise Ilemona Isaiah, Pastor Paul Isaac Audu and Anongu Moses, who identified themselves as Concerned Citizens, was frivolous and an abuse of the court process.

He also held that the suit, which sought to stop the inauguration that is a few days away, was capable of destabilising the democracy in the country.

Omotosho then awarded a cost of N10 million in Tinubu’s favour, N5 million in favour of the APC and another N1 million to be personally paid by counsel for the plaintiffs, to each of the respondents.

He further threatened to refer the lawyers that helped the plaintiffs to file the suit to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee for instituting an action “capable of dragging the judiciary to the mud.”