A five-member panel of Supreme Court justices led Uwani Abba-Aji, yesterday, struck out the lawsuit seeking the removal of President Bola Tinubu from office.
The suit marked SC/CV/667/2023 and filed by the presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) in the 2019 general election, Mr Ambrose Owuru, sought Tinubu’s removal based on Central Intelligence Agency and drug allegations.
In a unanimous decision, the judges 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.
Owuru had, in his arguments before the court alleged that the president 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.
He also prayed 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.
He 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.
However, when the matter was called up for hearing on yesterday, the plaintiff, who claimed to be a lawyer, appeared in his wig and gown and attempted to argue his own case as a counsel.
The judges directed him to remove his wig and gown before he would be allowed to argue his own case.
After complying with the order, Owuru was asked why he appeared before the court again after his suits had been dismissed repeatedly.
Owuru asked the judges to grant him the opportunity to argue his case and explain his reasons for the suit.
His explanations were rejected as unconvincing.
