LEGIT NG
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed the suit filed against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu seeking an order to halt his inauguration.
In the ruling of Justice Ekwo on Tuesday, June 6, the plaintiff, Chuks Nwachukwu, a lawyer representing five FCT residents who co-filed the suit, was slammed with N20 million fine.
As reported by Premium Times, the court dismissed the suit on the premise that it lacked locus standi to sit on the matter.
Justice Ekwo said:
“I make an order striking out this action on grounds of lack of locus standi of the plaintiffs, lack of jurisdiction of the court and failure of the plaintiffs to demonstrate to this court that similar subject is not pending before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which proceedings are on-going,” he declared.”
Court ruling barred plaintiff from appealing against fine
Furthermore, Justice Ekwo, in his ruling, ordered that the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) are both paid N10 million each.
