Justice Omotosho also held that even where the plaintiffs were vested with legal right to file the matter, the suit itself lacked merit.
reports that Tinubu had, on July 27, 2023, transmitted Musawa’s name, alongside other ministerial-nominees, to the Senate for confirmation. Musawa, a lawyer and immediate-past Presidential Adviser on Culture and Entertainment Economy, was screened by the Senate on August 1, 2023, and was sworn in as minister on August 21, 2023.
recalls that as at the time the minister, who hails from Katsina State, was appointed, she was said to be a serving National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member. Against this backdrop, the Incorporated Trustees of Concerned Nigeria, Chief Dr Patrick Eholor and Thomas Marcus, who were 1st to 3rd plaintiffs respectively, filed the suit before Justice Omotosho. In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1198/23 filed Aug.