NNPC Board Chair: Again, Hearing in Araraume’s N100bn Suit Stalled *As court orders NNPCL to file reply Alex Enumah in Abuja Hearing in a N100 billion suit instituted against President Muhammadu Buhari over alle
Hearing in a N100 billion suit instituted against President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged unlawful removal from board was for the second time stalled at the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday.
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had on December 15, 2022 fixed definite hearing for January 11, after ordering all parties to file and exchange necessary processes. When the matter came up on Wednesday NNPCL’s lawyer, Mr Etigwe Uwa , informed the court of a preliminary objection he filed against the suit and asked the court to proceed with its hearing as its determination may likely put an end to the substantive matter.
Responding, Justice Ekwo drew Uwa’s attention to the practice direction of the Federal High Court to the effect that both the substantive matter and any preliminary objection must be taken together in order to save judicial time of the court. One of the issues was whether in view of the provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the NNPC, Companies and Allied Matters Act 2010 and the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, the office of the Non Executive Chairman is not governed and regulated by the stated provisions of the law.
Besides the president, the NNPCL also filed its notice of preliminary objection challenging the competence of the suit and praying the court to make an order dismissing it; or, in the alternative, make an order striking out Araraume’s originating summons dated September 12, 2022; or make such further order or orders as it may deem to make in the circumstances.
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