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On Wednesday, a Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a suit challenging Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu's candidacy as the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate.
It was the fourth case dismissed by the courts in the last few weeks.
In the most recent case, suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/854/2022, Justice Fadima Aminu Muritala referred to the plaintiff, Elder Ngozika Ihuoma, as a "messy interloper with no locus standi to institute the suit."
After APC's counsel, Julius Ishola Esq from Babatunde Ogala & Co, urged the Court to dismiss the case with heavy costs for wasting judicial time, the presiding Judge dismissed it for being speculative.
On June 9, 2022, Ihuoma filed a lawsuit against Tinubu and five others after the former Lagos State governor won the APC presidential primary election.
He sought for six reliefs, which included INEC barring Tinubu from contesting the 2023 presidential election.
In defense of the suit, the law office of Babatunde Ogala (SAN) & Co on behalf of APC filed a counter-affidavit in opposition to the Originating Summons and a Notice of Preliminary Objection.
The counter affidavit challenged Ihuoma’s locus standi and grounds for the action.
It sought a court declaration that the case was speculative, pre-emptive and non-justiciable being the internal affairs of a political party.
The counter affidavit also punctured Ihuoma’s case as academic, theoretical and an abuse of court process.
The court on Monday upheld the defense counsel’s objections and struck out the case.
In the last couple of weeks, the courts have dismissed several cases brought against Asiwaju Tinubu by opposition elements, including Action Alliance, for being frivolous, lacking in merit and abuse of court processes.