Adamu Garba, a former presidential
aspirant has withdrawn the lawsuit filed
against Twitter CEO , Jack Dorsey
during the #EndSARS protests in the
country .
Garba had filed the suit against Dorsey
before a Federal High Court in Abuja
over his alleged sponsorship of the
recent #EndSARS protests in parts of
the country .
The motion on notice was brought
pursuant to order II Rules 1 , 2 , 3 of the
Fundamental Rights ( Enforcement
Procedure ) Rules, 2009 and Sections
34 ( 1 ) , 35 ( 1 ) and 41 ( 1 ) and 43 of the
1999 Constitution .
But Garba in a tweet on Monday said
the purpose of taking the Twitter
founder to court had been achieved .
Adamu Garba, a businessman , had , on
October 20 , through his lawyer, Abbas
Ajiya , filed the suit , praying the court to
direct Dorsey to stop the operation of
Twitter International Company in any
part of Nigeria.
Garba, who is the CEO of IPI Group
Limited , said the suit was filed to
enforce his fundamental rights pursuant
to Provisions of Order II Rules 1 , 2 , and
3 of the Fundamental Rights Rules
2009 , Sections 34 ( 1 ) , 35 ( 1 ) , 41 ( 1 ) , 43
and 46 ( 1 ) and 2 of the 1999
Constitution and Articles 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ,
and 12 ( 1 ) of the African Charter on
Human and People ’ s’ Rights Act CAP .
A 9 , LFN 2004 .
Also joined as respondents are
Attorney- General of the Federation ,
National Security Adviser , Inspector-
General of Police , Director General of
Department of State Service, the
Commandant General, Nigeria Security,
and Civil Defense Corps; Nigeria
Communication Commission , Twitter
International Company, and the
#ENDSARS Protesters .
The matter , which came up on
November 25 before Justice Giwa -
Ogunbanjo, was adjourned until April
22 , 2021 , for the continuation of the
hearing .
He tweeted , “ I think the action has
served its purpose. I ’ ve written to our
lawyers to withdraw the case from
court . I also tendered my sincere
apologies to Nigerians who are pained
by my #EndSARS actions. Nigeria shall
rise . ”
See Video Below;
UPDATE ON MY CASE WITH JACK
& TWITTER
Why I took @ jack to Court .
I think the action have served its
purpose. I ’ ve written to our
lawyers to withdraw the case from
court
I also tendered my sincere
apologies to Nigerians who are
pained by my # EndSARS actions
Nigeria shall rise pic . twitter . com /
JlSWzCRsfP
— Adamu Garba II (@ adamugarba)
January 10 , 2021
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