An Abuja Federal High Court has struck out an application by the Corporate Affairs Commission, seeking for a leave to de-register Peace Corps of Nigeria.
Justice Ibrahim Auta, who presided over the proceeding, said the applicant's action was an abuse of the court process.
Auta held that there were a number of pending cases on the legitimacy or otherwise of the corps with the police.
The CAC, through its counsel,Femi Oyekola, on April 9 filed a suit to de-register the corps.
CAC‘s petition was hinged on police complaint against the corps’ suspicious activities, allegedly inimical to the country’s security.
Oyekola, in the motion, prayed that the incorporated trustees of the Peace Corps of Nigeria with certificate number CAC/IT/NO14589 be wound up by the court.
The plaintiff had held that its submission was based on the provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act.
Chris Alashi, counsel to the defendant, in the counter motion, pointed out that the section cited by the plaintiff to support his argument was not contained in the Companies and Allied Matters Act.
Alashi also argued that the plaintiff had come to mislead the court to take an unpopular decision, saying that the application must be ignored.
It is clear here with this action that the police are collaborating with the plaintiff to disregard the law, the application should be dismissed my lord, he said.
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