The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out the suit filed by 5 residents of the FCT seeking to stop the 2023 presidential inauguration.

The 5 residents - Anyaegbunam Okoye, David Adzer, Jeffrey Ucheh Osang Paul and Chibuike Nwanchukwu — sued for themselves and on behalf of other residents and registered voters in the FCT had prayed to the court to halt the inauguration on grounds that President Bola Tinubu had not secured 25% of the votes cast in the FCT.

At the last adjourned date 28th May which was scheduled for rule on the case, Justice Inyang Ekwo was absent from court on an official duty.

The absence of the judge infuriated the counsel to the plaintiffs, who granted an interview, threatening to sue the judge up to the Supreme Court.

At today’s proceeding, the said lawyer was absent from court.

Delivering the ruling Justice Ekwo held that from the affidavit of the plaintiffs the lawyer Chucks Nwachukwu instigated the suit and merely got the plaintiffs to stand in as parties while he handles the suit as a lawyer.

This the court says is unprofessional conduct, reckless, frivolous and a lack of complete knowledge of the elementary principles of law.

The action was willfully initiated not just to circumvent but to overreach the ongoing proceedings of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.

The lawyer aimed to plunge the country into unprecedented constitutional anarchy capable of causing bloodshed and genocide.

The plaintiffs and their lawyers are out to be deprecated in the strongest term for this type of process.

The court found no merit in the application and accordingly struck out the suit.

The court however made the consequential order, directing the lawyer to pay the sum of N10 million each to the 1st and 2nd respondents that is the AGF and the CJN.

Justice Ekwo held that the lawyer was lucky to be absent from court otherwise he would have de-robed him immediately.

The court there referred him to the legal disciplinary committee to determine if he is fit to practice. The order shall be served on the Supreme Court, NBA and the AGF.

The court also held that until the fine is paid no further action can be taken on the suit.

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well done, enough of mischieves and hatred because your tribesman lost election woefully

OMG no case was thrown .

Since when did all these fines start?


Free the lawyer joor but that keyamo sand sand charge and bail should pay his own

By the time tribunal is done with obi, they won’t only throw his case out, they will throw him in jail for the false documents he is presenting in the court

Nice one

Chai ... Lmao! obediiiouts in the mud,
The wayre no show make den derobe am 😂😂😂

Derobe ke? These judges dey vex these days oo

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Lawyers just cashing out!

All of them know the end game! The fools paying them I pity.


No lawyer will make heaven! Those guys are deadly.

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Ayodeoba:
By the time tribunal is done with obi, they won’t only throw his case out, they will throw him in jail for the false documents he is presenting in the court

Thinking from your anus, as usual.

Hehehe........What do you expect from "semi-illiterate"; "poorly baked" lawyers??!

Kudos to the "erudite" Judge for slapping them back to reality!

Bunch of "sore loosers"!

Nonsense and rubbish!

Sigh... The suit was always gonna be struck out! They were wasting the court's time in the name of catching cruise!

But, why is a suit meant to halt or stop the inauguration of an elected person still in court a week after Inauguration??!

Makes no sense at all!

Ok

There are orphans, widows , falsely accused people seeking genuine justice at court.

As a judge, you wake up in the morning and prepare hard to adjudicate on the matters of those who actually need justice. Those who may die in prison. Those who need bail immediately because of health challenges.

Then the senior lawyers who call their cases before younger lawyers begin to mention cases on the cause list that have no meaning and are frivolous.

The indigent of society that really need justice cannot hire the services of senior lawyers who will call their cases first in court and consume more time. The senior lawyers on the other hand know that it is very dumb to even contemplate to bring such cases to court but because of the money and nuisance value of the case, they institute it in court.

If you have an idea of how many life/death cases that are not given attention because of these irrelevant political nuisance suits, you'd support the court to jail some of these troublemakers.

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Angelfrost:
Sigh... The suit was always gonna be struck out! They were wasting court's time in the name of catching cruise!

Nigerians catch cruise with anything..... just anything!

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Bunch of bigots fighting religious and tribal war.

Funnily, if you attack them in like manner, they would be the first to be crying tribal bigotry allover the place.

Hypocrites.......tueh!!!

Lmaooo

this news is stale, why resurfacing?

How can we say we have democracy when the judiciary is compromised.

awon omo yi sha

D-robe lawyer make he dey wear ankara

Justice Ekwo held that the lawyer was lucky to be absent from court otherwise he would have de-robed him immediately.

SmartHomes:
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De-robe lawyer....
Dat one funny shey.!

Dem dis kin agba lawyer below....

Jurisdiction Saga

Can you imagine the lawyer fraud "Delivering the ruling Justice Ekwo held that from the affidavit of the plaintiffs the lawyer Chucks Nwachukwu instigated the suit and merely got the plaintiffs to stand in as parties while he handles the suit as a lawyer."

This court cases are giving IPOB/ Obi supporters a replica of how the tribunal is going to go.

We have always say this, that anybody Igbos/ Obi supporters/ SE supports in anything is bound to fail.

Looking for an escape not to interpret that section of the law

Oga judge, was he right to be sworn in after failing to get 25%in FCT?

Stop beating about the bush and say your understanding of the constitution

The Constitution stipulates 25% from two-thirds of the 36 States and the FCT.
It simply means a winner must have 25% in 24States of the federation. It could be 25% in 23 States plus 25% in FCT or 25% in any 24 states without 25% in FCT. Either way, it is still correct. Why then the fuss about the legitimacy of Tinubu as the rightful winner of the 2023 Presidential election. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️