The Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned for ruling, the preliminary objection filed by Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, on behalf of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, against the suit instituted against him (Atiku) by the Minister of State, for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN. The court was presided over by Justice James Omotosho, in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/84/2023, and the adjournment was on Tuesday May 3, 3023.
May 7, 2023The court was presided over by Justice James Omotosho, in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/84/2023, and the adjournment was on Tuesday May 3, 3023.
Atiku had through his counsel, Ozekhome, raised a preliminary objection to the suit to the effect that Keyamo lacks locus standi to file the suit, having not disclosed what he has suffered above other members of the public, especially as he filed the suit as a public officer using his public position.
The allegation had led Keyamo to write to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Code of Conduct Bureau and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to investigate and prosecute Atiku. In addition, Keyamo filed the suit urging the court to direct the anti-graft agencies to prosecute Atiku as a public duty.
The ICPC on its own part contended in its preliminary objection filed by its counsel, O.B. Odogbu Esq, that the acts complained about by the Plaintiff were done before the establishment Act of the Commission came into effect.
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