From Eric Ikhilae, Abuja
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit that sought to sack Ovie Omo-Agege as the Deputy Senate President and senator representing Delta Central.
In a judgment, Justice Ahmed Mohammed held that the suit, filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Empowerment for Unemployed Youth Initiative (EUYI), was an abuse of court process intended “to annoy, embarrass and irritate the first defendant (Omo-Agege)”.
Justice Mohammed held that the issue raised in the suit revolved around Omo-Agege’s alleged conviction for forgery, which had been resolved in a judgment given on January 29, 2020 by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to the effect that he was not convicted as alleged.
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At the hearing of the case on June 16, this year, Omo-Agege’s lawyer Alex Izinyon (SAN) faulted the plaintiff’s arguments and queried the competence of the suit, in a notice of preliminary objection.
He said: “Acquittal means legal certification that the accused is not guilty of the offence.”
Lawyer to the Clerk of the Senate and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chikosolu Ojukwu, as well as lawyer to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Taminu Inuwa (SAN), argued similarly.
Justice Mohammed held that the decision of the High Court of the FCT is a judgment in realm which binds the entire world, including those who were not a party to the suit, until such a judgment is set aside on appeal.
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