Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit instituted against the Federal Government seeking the prohibition of the conduct of elections and examinations on Saturdays in Nigeria.
The suit instituted by the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Nigeria was thrown out by the judge on the grounds of being frivolous, vexatious, irritating, and baseless.
The church had claimed that Saturday is its Sabbath day of worship and that the fundamental rights of its members are being brutally breached by the conduct of elections and examinations on Saturdays.
The plaintiff then sought an order of the Court to prohibit the Federal Government of Nigeria from further conducting elections and examinations on the Sabbath day to stop disruption of their rights to worship.
However, Justice James Kolawole Omotoso in his judgment on Wednesday, held that the fundamental rights being claimed by the church were not at large and cannot be curtailed by government policy.
Besides, the Judge held that the Seventh Day Adventist Church is in the minority in Nigeria and cannot impose its doctrine on the majority of other religious denominations in the country.
