Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded N100 million in costs against the National Welfare Secretary of the African Democratic Party (ADC), Nkemakolam Ukandu, for filing what it described as a frivolous suit against the court’s Chief Judge, John Tsoho, and another judge of the court, Justice Peter Lifu.
In a ruling today, Justice Salim Ibrahim struck out the suit marked ABJ/CS/1165/2026 for want of diligent prosecution, reports The Nation.
Ukandu had sued the National Judicial Council (NJC), the Chief Judge of the FHC, and Justice Lifu, accusing them of bias and disobedience to the court’s order.
He, among others, prayed the court for an order compelling the NJC to investigate allegations of corruption, abuse of judicial powers and bias which he levelled against Justices Tsoho and Lifu.
Since the case was filed some months ago, the plaintiff and his lawyer have failed to attend court, a development that prompted Justice Ibrahim to threaten, on June 30, to dismiss the suit.
The plaintiff and his lawyer also failed to attend court today, after which the judge struck out the suit and awarded N100m in costs, upon an oral application for costs by the defendant’s lawyer, James Igwe (SAN).
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