EX-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS PENALIZED N40 MILLION BY THE COURT FOR TRYING TO STOP TINUBU’S INAUGURATION.

On May 25, 2023, the Court of Appeal in Abuja imposed a fine of N40 million on Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru, a former candidate for president of the Hope Democratic Party, for launching a frivolous lawsuit to prevent the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on May 29.

The politician was made the first through fourth defendants in the case, and the court ordered him to pay N10 million in fines to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation, INEC, and Tinubu.

By filing a frivolous, vexatious, and annoying lawsuit to irritate the respondents, Owuru engaged in a blatant misuse of the judicial system, according to Justice Jamil Tukur, who read the lead judgment of the three-person panel of the court.

The judge ruled that Owuru’s complaints over the 2019 presidential election were unusual and uncalled for because they had been pursued all the way to Sup