A suit seeking the removal of Alkali Baba Usman as Inspector General of Police IGP was dismissed by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday.
Justice John Omotoso dismissed the suit filed by an Abuja activist, Micheal Sam Idoko, against President Muhammadu Buhari and four others.
In his decision, Justice Omotoso cited Section 7 (6) of the Police Act 2020, which states that the tenure of any Inspector General of Police is limited to four years.
The Judge held that the retirement of Alkali Baba Usman from the Nigeria Police Force has nothing to do with his appointment on the ground that the four years tenure is sacrosanct.
Besides, Justice Omotoso said that the plaintiff who claimed to be a social crusader has no jurisdiction in instituting the case under the guise of public interest.
He held that the plaintiff failed to establish having any peculiar or special interest over and above other Nigerians.
Specifically, Justice Omotoso described the plaintiff as a busybody and meddlesome interloper adding that he was not a serving police officer qualified for appointment or ever applied for IGP’s position and denied adding that he has no legal in law in filing the suit.
Idoko, through his Counsel, Chief James Ogwu Onoja, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, had filed the suit challenging the legality of the continuous stay of the IGP in the office having served out his tenure.
The suit marked FHC/ CS/ 31/2023 was subsequently dismissed without any cost against the plaintiff.
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