The Court of Appeal, Abuja has fined an Abuja-based lawyer, Ambrose Owuru, N40m for filing a frivolous suit seeking to stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29.
The Court ordered Owuru to pay the sum of N10m each to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Bola Tinubu.
Justice Jamil Tukur, who read the lead judgment of the three man panel of the court, held that Owuru who was a presidential candidate of the defunct political party, Hope Democratic Party HDP embarked on a gross abuse of court process by filing a frivolous, suit to provoke the respondents.