The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has struck out a suit challenging the Nigerian citizenship of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
In a judgement on Monday, Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo held that the plaintiff, the Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa lacked the requisite locus standing to file the suit.
The court held that the Non Governmental Organization (NGO) had no legal right in the first instance to query the citizenship of the former Vice President.
Justice Ekwo said that the NGO having been registered under Company and Allied Matters Act with special functions cannot jump into Public Interest Litigation that was not part of the objective. (Sun)