The court ruled that the high court could not rule on the lawsuit brought by five Abuja residents who wanted to halt Tinubu’s inauguration.
The presiding judge, Inyang Ekwo, rejected the argument of the plaintiffs that a president-elect must receive a minimum of 25% of his or her votes from the federal capital territory. He then dismissed the case, saying that the plaintiffs had no locus standi to file the lawsuit, since the presidential election petition tribunal, not the high court, should have heard their case.
