The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the 2019 Presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, Ambrose Owuru against the tenures of the immediate-past President, Muhammadu Buhari and President Bola Tinubu.
This followed the initial dismissal of the appeal by the Court of Appeal, in 2023 on grounds that it was a gross abuse of court process as it was frivolous and vexatious.
The appellate court held that the action of Owuru to resuscitate the case that died in 2019 at the Supreme Court was aimed at making the lower courts go on a collision course with the supremacy of the apex court.
The court however ordered him to pay N10m each to Buhari, Tinubu, AGF and INEC
Owuru in the appeal sought for another order directing and placing on notice that any form of handover inauguration, organized and Superintended by Buhari on May 29, 2023, should not be held pending the determination of his appeal at the apex court.
Dissatisfied with the judgment, Owuru approached the Supreme Court for redress.
When hearing began on Monday, the counsel for the appellant, Olawuyi Olaoluwa urged the court to adjourn the matter, adding that he was just called in the early hours of Monday to appear in court for the appellant.
However a five man panel led by
Justice Inyang Okoro asked that the matter be withdrawn following the untidiness of the appellant’s efforts
The appellant is claiming to have won the Presidential election conducted on February 16, 2019, whereas the election was held on February 2023. My lord, his appeal is an abuse of the court process.
Other respondents in the appeal are the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Attorney General of the Federation
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
