A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Alkali Baba Usman as the Inspector General of Police IGP.
The suit instituted against President Muhammadu Buhari and four others by an Abuja activist, Micheal Sam Idoko was dismissed by Justice John Omotoso.
In his judgment, Justice Omotoso invoked section 7 subsection (6) of the Police Act 2020 which put the tenure of office of any Inspector General of Police at four years.
The Judge held that the retirement of Alkali Baba Usman from the Nigeria Police Force has nothing to do with his appointment on the ground that the four years tenure is sacrosanct.
Justice Omotoso further held that the plaintiff who claimed to be a social crusader has no jurisdiction in instituting the case under the guise of public interest.
He held that the plaintiff failed to establish having any peculiar or special interest over and above other Nigerians.
Specifically, Justice Omotoso described the plaintiff as a busy body and meddlesome interloper adding that he was not a serving police officer qualified for appointment or ever applied for IGP’s position and denied, saying that he has no locus to file the suit.
Idoko, through his Counsel, Chief James Ogwu Onoja, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, had filed the suit challenging the legality of the continuous stay of the IGP in office having served out his tenure.
