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Supreme Court to rule on fresh suit seeking Tinubu’s removal as president

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The Supreme Court will later on Monday deliver judgement in a fresh suit seeking President Bola Tinubu’s removal from office.

The Hope Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Ambrose Owuru, in the suit marked SC/CV/667/2023 asked the apex court to sack Tinubu on two grounds of alleged non-qualification to hold office as President and for usurping the same office.

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, a British-trained lawyer, insisted that he won the 2019 presidential poll but his tenure was allegedly usurped by Buhari.

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 a mix-up in the hearing dates.

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He urged the court to disqualify Tinubu for forfeiting $460,000 to the United States over alleged involvement in drug trafficking.

The former presidential candidate also claimed that the president, being an active agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), prohibits him from holding the office of the President of Nigeria.

Specifically, he prayed the Supreme Court to invoke section 157 of the 1999 Constitution to oust Tinubu from office for being under the control of foreign authorities.

The Court of Appeal had once imposed a fine of N40 million on Owuru to be paid to Tinubu, INEC, and others for filing a frivolous suit against them.

However, it has not been ascertained if the lawyer has paid the fine before he filed the new suit.

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