A case challenging the candidacy of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has
been dismissed by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
It was the fourth case to be dismissed by the courts in
recent weeks.
In the latest case, 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”.
He therefore dismissed the case for being speculative after
APC’s counsel, Julius Ishola from Babatunde Ogala & Co had urged the Court
to dismiss it with heavy cost for wasting judicial time.
Ihuoma dragged Tinubu and five others to court on 9 June,
2022 after the former Lagos State Governor won the APC presidential primary
election.
He sought for six reliefs, which included INEC barring
Tinubu from contesting the 2023 presidential election.
In defense of the suit, the law office of Babatunde Ogala
(SAN) & Co on behalf of All Progressives Congress filed a counter affidavit
in opposition to the Originating Summons and a Notice of Preliminary Objection.
The counter affidavit challenged Ihuoma’s locus standi and
grounds for the action.
It sought a court declaration that the case was speculative,
pre-emptive and non-justiciable being the internal affairs of a political
party.
The counter affidavit also punctured Ihuoma’s case as
academic, theoretical and an abuse of court process.
The court on Monday upheld the defense counsel’s objections
and struck out the case.
In the last couple of weeks, the courts have dismissed
several cases brought against Asiwaju Tinubu by opposition elements, including
Action Alliance, for being frivolous, lacking in merit and abuse of court
processes.
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