FOR LAUNCHING A BASELESS LAWSUIT AGAINST ATIKU, THE COURT PENALIZES KEYAMO N10 MILLION.

On Monday, June 5, 2023, a Federal High Court in Abuja fined Mr. Festus Keyamo N10 million for filing a frivolous lawsuit against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the Feb. 25 election. Keyamo was the immediate-past Minister of State for Labour and Employment.

In a decision, Justice James Omotosho imposed a N10 million fine against Keyamo and a N5 million fine in favor of Abubakar and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC).

Justice Omotosho ordered that the fine be paid “at 10% per annum until the cost is finally liquidated” after describing the lawsuit as “frivolous, vexatious, and abse of court processes.”

The order came after an oral request for costs made by Oluwakemi Odogun, counsel for the ICPC, and Benson Igbanoi, lawyer for Atiku, after the suit was dismissed.