A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Festus Keyamo, SAN, calling for an inquiry into former vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar for alleged corruption.
When Atiku served as vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, Keyamo, a former spokesperson for President Bola Tinubu, accused him of utilising “Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs)” to illegally enrich himself.
When he filed his lawsuit, the former minister of state for labour cited an affidavit that Michael Achimugu, Atiku’s former media aide, purportedly gave as evidence against his former employer.
He requested that the court order the nation’s anti-corruption organisations to look into Atiku’s alleged corrupt actions. However, Keyamo revealed the reason for the dismissal of his lawsuit and vowed to appeal it in a statement released by his attorney on Monday.
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“Earlier today, a Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed the case filed by Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, against the candidate of the PDP in the last Presidential Election, Alhaji ATIKU Abubakar over the SPV saga principally because the court was of the opinion that the law-enforcement agencies were not given enough time to commence investigations before the suit was filed, amongst other sundry reasons,” Keyamo’s lawyer, John Ainetor, said.
“Our client respectfully disagrees with the reasons for the said decision because the law-enforcement agencies did not indicate their willingness to commence investigations, even if they were given more time. We want to establish a legal principle that the society cannot wait as infinitum for law-enforcement agencies to do their statutory duties.
“The suit was designed to prompt the agencies to show their READINESS to investigate. We are immediately filing an appeal against the said decision to the Court of Appeal as the struggle on this issue continues.”
