Court Dismisses Suit Seeking To Stop Tinubu’s Inauguration Over Lack Of 25% Votes In Federal Capital, AbujaInyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, on Tuesday, ordered the lawyer representing the five reside
nts to pay the sum of N10million each to the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Chief Justice of Nigeria .A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by five residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, who sought to stop the inauguration of Bola Tinubu as president.
The question of having 25% of votes in the FCT, Abuja had become a constitutionally controversial issue before May 29’s Tinubu’s inauguration which had forced some persons to take the matter to court. “As far as I am concerned, you must also win 25% in FCT, but it's not for me to say. The tribunal can answer this question quite easily in one hour. It's not a difficult question,” the lawyer had stated.
But the lawyer insisted that the Constitution separated FCT entirely in the instance under discussion.
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