The judgment of Justice Salim Ibrahim of the Federal High Court in Abuja awarding a whopping N140 million against the Adolphus Wabara-led Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and an additional N10 million personal cost against their counsel, Chief Chris Uche (SAN), is still eliciting reactions about three weeks after it was delivered.
The fine against the plaintiff was for filing a frivolous suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and others.
The judge awarded the fine after dismissing the leadership tussle suit for being “an abuse of court process, unmeritorious and lacking in merit.”
The Wabara-led BoT had sought an order of the court compelling INEC to recognise the PDP interim National Working Committee (NWC) faction led by its National Chairman, Kabiru Turaki, on its official website, among others.
Many feel that if the Supreme Court judgment had resolved the crisis in the party, the suit would not have been filed. They posited that it was vague and incongruous by the apex court that necessitated the suit for proper clarity.
