A flagbearer of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) in the 2019 presidential election, Ambrose Albert Owuru, has filed a motion at the Supreme Court, seeking an order of interlocutory injunction against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Owuru is seeking the leave of the court to stop Tinubu from engaging in unrestrained access to the state treasury, unapproved and unauthorised senate appointments and projects pending the hearing and determination of the appeal.
He also prayed the apex court for “an order directing in the circumstances, the constitution of convergent political leaders and interest to run the affairs of the country pending the determination of the cases in court to protect and preserve the nation interest, properties and investment and ensure good governance.”
The United Kingdom-trained lawyer, in a statement signed on his behalf by Alhaji Anwal Ibrahim, noted that “the handover of power on the 29th of May 2023 in the circumstances, apart from been an intra-party turn by turn arrangement designed to suppress and continue the usurpation of the mandate of the adjudged constitutional winner of the 2019 presidential election, constitutes also veggies on unconstitutional seizure of power contrary to the provisions of S. 1(3) of the 1999 constitution, as 2023 election return and the constitutionally stipulated eligibility of the returned candidate of APC, is yet to be certified by the court in the face of revealing challenges at the election court.”
Owuru has pursued his case up to the Apex court, alleging that he was the constitutional winner of the 2019 election but was denied mandate by the electoral empire.
