Drama as court takes major step in suit against ex-President Buhari

• Former President Muhammadu Buhari and the contiguous past politician of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, who were dragged successful a N1 cardinal suit implicit the naira redesign policy, person been acceptable free
• An Abuja-based lawyer had filed the suit earlier the Federal High Court successful Abuja, citing however his cardinal rights were violently abused
• Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the tribunal dismissed the suit connected Monday, April 28, aft the defence counsel cited the accordant lack of the plaintiff from 2023, erstwhile the suit was archetypal filed

FCT, Abuja - The Federal High Court sitting successful Abuja has struck retired a suit of N1 cardinal against the contiguous past President Muhammadu Buhari and the embattled erstwhile politician of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.

Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the proceedings tribunal dismissed the suit, which was implicit the hardship that followed the naira redesign policy.

Court dismisses suit against Muhammadu Buhari Photo Credit: @MBuhari
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Who dragged Buhari to court?

The suit, which was filed by an Abuja-based ineligible practitioner, Uthman Isa Tochukwu, was dismissed by Justice Ekwo implicit a deficiency of diligent prosecution.

According to Leadership, Justice Ekwo maintained that determination is simply a condemnation that the plaintiff had abandoned his ain lawsuit deliberately, citing his accordant lack from the court. The tribunal said that the applicant did this without a ineligible practice oregon immoderate explanation.

In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/418/2023, the plaintiff named ex-President Buhari, the lawyer wide of the federation, erstwhile CBN politician Emefiele, the CBN and 2 commercialized banks. The applicant had claimed that the defendants inflicted a bid of hardships connected him portion implementing the naira redesign policy.

Why Buhari was dragged to court

Bala Dakum, the plaintiff successful the suit, which was filed connected his behalf by his counsel, alleged that his cardinal rights to state of question and the dignity of his idiosyncratic were breached violently.

The ineligible practitioner specifically alleged that his question was restricted portion helium was incapable to entree his money successful the 2 commercialized banks due to the fact that of the hardship orchestrated by the naira redesign argumentation successful January and March 2023.

He past asked the tribunal to grant the damages of N1 cardinal against Buhari and different defendants, the wealth would beryllium paid to him for the usurpation of his cardinal rights.

Federal High Court strikes retired N1bn suit against Muhammadu Buhari Photo Credit: @MBuhari
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Why tribunal dismissed N1bn suit against Buhari

However, during the proceeding of the suit connected Monday, April 28, the plaintiff and his counsel were absent from the court, and they did not springiness immoderate excuse for their absence.

Counsel to Emefiele and the CBN, Chikelue Amasiani, drew the judge's attraction to the persistent lack of the applicant successful the tribunal during the past sittings connected the matter.

Amasiani explained that since the suit was filed successful 2023, Dakum and his counsel had not shown committedness and seriousness to the prosecution of the case. He past asked the tribunal to onslaught retired their application. He past promised to amusement seriousness should the plaintiff determine to revive the case. The justice past agreed with the counsel and struck retired the application.

List of tribunal orders Buhari has disobeyed

Legit.ng earlier reported that President Muhammadu Buhari, who had vowed to uphold the regularisation of instrumentality erstwhile helium was sworn successful in 2015, but person acted contrary successful immoderate cases.

The caller disobedience of a tribunal bid by President Buhari is the Supreme Court injunction restricting the national authorities from implementing its naira redesign argumentation further.

The argumentation has near galore Nigerians stranded arsenic galore of them cannot person their wealth successful banks, portion others are buying the country's currency for survival.

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Source: Legit.ng