Three people filed a lawsuit in Abuja’s Federal High Court to stop the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima, due to age and citizenship misrepresentations in a document Tinubu submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission.The court dismissed the lawsuit.
In a decision on Friday, Justice James Omotosho ruled that the lawsuit filed by the three individuals, Praise Ilemona Isaiah, Pastor Paul Isaac Audu, and Anongu Moses, was frivolous and a misuse of the legal system.
Justice Omotosho held that the plaintiffs lacked the locus standi to file the suit, adding that the court could not exercise jurisdiction to hear it because it relates to a presidential election.
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