A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed a suit seeking the sack of Mr Ola Olukoyede as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
A Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Mr. Ola Olukoyede as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mr Victor Opatola, had filed a suit against President Bola Tinubu over his appointment of Olukoyede as the EFCC’s chair. He had listed the President of Nigeria, the National Assembly, Attorney-General of the Federation and Olukoyede as the 1st to 4th respondents, respectively, in the suit marked: HC/ABJ/CS/1403/2023.Olukoyede, who was represented by Olumide Fusika, SAN, in the last adjourned date, challenged the legal authority of the plaintiff to institute the suit in the first instance.
Opatola had, among others, raised for determination: whether by the true construction and interpretation of Section 2 of the EFCC Act 2004, Olukoyede, who has not fulfilled the conditions of the Act can be validly appointed as EFCC chairman.
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