The Supreme Court, yesterday, imposed a N5 million fine on a former presidential candidate, Ambrose Albert Owuru, for harassing President Bola Tinubu with a frivolous and vexatious suit.
Owuru, who contested the 2019 presidential election against former President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of Hope Democratic Party (HDP), was ordered to pay the N5 million to Tinubu.
Justice Uwani Aba-Aji issued the order against the former presidential candidate while dismissing his fresh suit praying for the removal of Tinubu as Nigeria’s President.
Apart from the N5 million fine, the apex court ordered its Registry not to accept any frivolous originating summons from Owuru again.
At yesterday’s proceedings, Owuru, a British-trained lawyer, who was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982, sought to argue his case wearing his wig and gown. But he was ordered out and directed to remove his wig and gown…
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