Case adjourned as Adamu Garba and his lawyers fail to appear in court for his $1bn suit against Twitter owner, Jack Dorsey
The Federal High court Abuja has adjourned till April 2021 the case filed against the founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, by Nigerian politician, Adamu Garba.
Garba on October 20, filed the lawsuit against Dorsey. According to the politician who is a member of APC, Dorsey’s endorsement of the #EndSARS protest helped fuel the crisis that erupted after it was hijacked by hoodlums.
Adamu in the court paper asked the court to compel Jack to pay the Nigerian government $1 billion as compensation for all the damages caused by the #EndSARS protest. He also asked the court to compel Jack to establish a Twitter office here in Nigeria. He alleged that the grand plan of Jack and others was to topple the government of the day using the EndSARS protest.. He asked the court to compel the Nigerian Communications Commission to shut down Twitter and prevent it from operating within the Nigerian cyberspace.
Lawyer, Tope Akinyode, who was in court for the hearing today, gave an update on the case via his Twitter handle. Tope who has represented some of the #EndSARS protesters in Abuja in court, wrote
”BREAKING: I was at the Federal High Court today to defend Adamu Garba’a lawsuit against @jack and @Twitter. However, @adamugarba
& his lawyers failed to show up in Court without given reasons & the Court has now adjourned case to 22nd April, 2021.”
Garba has not come out to react to his tweet.
Meanwhile, Nigerians have taken to social media to throw jabs at Garba. See their tweets
Why can’t our leaders be ashamed for once, what concerns Twitter about the situation on ground? #endsars are demanding for justice and you are now sue Twitter, that is your headache Sha.
How is he going to appear in court when he realizes that the suit that he filed is meaningless. The lawyers just want to collect their own Share.
Does Garba think Twitter is operating only in Nigeria? Go ahead and shut it down and be operating the one you established.
How would he appear in court? When he is dump and deaf that can’t interpret the current situation in Nigeria because if he can, he won’t take that step.
Lol..this country na wow oo.
Adamu don go start weytin enbno fit finish
Who is Adamu Garba, I don’t think i know him
Please tell him to go and use his time for more important issues instead of being stupid
I think people should be happy for this, because to me it’s a Case he can never and ever win instead he will end up being a scapegoat for their tyranny
Why did he absent his self ,that means his guilty or what
ok ooo
Senseless adamu. And foolish lawyer. You went and file a suit you can’t defend. Stupidity in its highest peak
Him for appear in court make him go prison nah
Hmmmm.. this guy has completely lost it…. Misplaced of priorities…
He has completely lost it.
judge suppose they knock these mumu leader for head.