A former presidential candidate, Ambrose Owuru, has been fined by the Supreme Court for harassing President Bola Tinubu with frivolous and vexatious suit.
Owuru, who is a lawyer contested the 2019 presidential election against former President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP), was ordered to pay N5 million to Tinubu.
Justice Uwani Musa Aba-Aji imposed the fine against Owuru while dismissing his fresh suit praying for the removal of Tinubu as Nigeria’s president and ordered its Registry not to accept any frivolous suit-originating summons from Owuru again.
The lawyer was ordered out of the Bar and directed to remove his wig and gown before he could be allowed to argue his case.
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Justice Aba-Aji ruled that Owuru’s conduct was unbecoming of a lawyer of over 40 years, as he claimed to be.
In the end, the Court dismissed his suit and ordered him to pay Tinubu N5 million.
The court lambasted him for taking the Supreme Court for a ride, wasting its precious time with baseless suits and grossly abusing court processes.
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