LAWYER DRAGS FG TO COURT, ASK THAT NDDC BE MOVED TO SGF OFFICE

LAWYER DRAGS FG TO COURT, ASK THAT NDDC BE MOVED TO SGF OFFICE

 

 

 

 

A constitutional lawyer and Human rights activist, Myson Adeyemi Nejo alongside an NGO have dragged the FGN to court over the movement of the NDDC back to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is against the backdrop of the fact that he had earlier written to Mr. Boss Mustapha, the SGF, on the same subject matter and got a reply that the matter is being looked into but not satisfied by the apparent slowness or lack of expedite action on the matter, has gone to court.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a suit filed by their lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana SAN, they sought the intervention of the court to determine the legality of the transfer of the NDDC to the ministry of Niger Delta. In the originating summons made available to our source the Minister of Niger delta, The President of the Federal Republic and the Attorney General of the Federation were joined as defendants in the case. It was alleged that the transfer of the commission to the ministry of Niger Delta may after all be in breach of the Act setting it up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This suit (FHC/ABJ/CS/111/2023), filed at the Federal High Court Abuja, if determined in the favour of the plaintiff would provide a more conducive framework for the present Board to operate and freedom from unnecessary interference which has been the bane of the commission in recent times and has bedeviled it various scandals.