A High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja, Nigeria has dismissed a suit filed by Busola Dakolo, photographer and wife of musician, Timi Dakolo against the Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo.
In the suit, filed by Busola in September, she had accused Fatoyinbo of rape, adding that the alleged action of the pastor, as well as his denial in a statement adversely, affected her marital sex life.
She, therefore, demanded “a personal letter of apology” from the cleric to show honest remorse for his misdeeds.
Fatoyinbo’s lawyer, Alex Iziyon SAN, in a preliminary objection, however, argued that the prayer could not be granted, describing it as a frivolous suit.
The court, delivering its ruling on Thursday, dismissed the case against the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly Senior Pastor on the ground that it amounts to injustice, an abuse of judicial process, it is empty and purely sentimental.
The presiding judge, Justice Oathman A. Musa, said the case was aimed more at cruelty than obtaining justice.
The court also awarded a cost of N1m against Busola Dakolo and held that the fine should have been 10 times more because the court’s time was wasted.