The Supreme Court on Monday on dismissed a suit seeking to remove President Bola Tinubu from office.
The apex court also awarded a N5 million fine against the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Mr. Ambrose Owuru, for filing a “frivolous suit against the president.
A five-member panel of the apex court, in a judgment read by Justice Uwani Aba-Aji, also ordered the court registry not to accept any frivolous suit from Owuru henceforth.
The plaintiff, a British-trained lawyer, in the suit marked: SC/CV/667/2023, asked the Supreme Court to sack President Tinubu on two major grounds of alleged non-qualification to hold office and usurpation of the same office against the law of the country.
Former President Muhammadu Buhari, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Tinubu were listed as respondents in the suit.
Owuru insisted that he won the 2019 presidential poll but his tenure was allegedly usurped by Buhari for eight years.
He claimed that his suit at the Supreme Court which would have kicked Buhari out of office was technically jettisoned by the apex court due to mix-up in the hearing dates.
When the case was called on Monday, Owuru stood to argue his own case wearing his wig and gown.
However, he was ordered out of the Bar and directed to remove his wig and gown before he could be allowed to argue his case.
After he complied with the orders, Owuru was asked why he came before the court again, having had his suits dismissed three times.
His efforts to convince the apex court to grant him audience were rejected as unconvincing.
Following his recalcitrant, the court threatened to refer him to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) for appropriate sanctions.
In his ruling, Justice Aba-Aji held that Owuru’s conduct was unbecoming of a lawyer of over 40 years.
He berated the plaintiff for taking the court for a ride and wasted its precious time with baseless suit and grossly abusing the processes.
