A suit filed by Ifeanyi Araraume, a former senator representing Imo north, challenging his sack as the board chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has stalled at the federal high court in Abuja over the failure of the company to file its counter affidavit.
A suit challenging the sack of Ifeanyi Araraume as the board chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has stalled at a federal high court in Abuja, over the failure of the company to file its counter affidavit.President Muhammadu Buhari for removing him as board chairman of NNPC in January 2022.
Buhari appointed Margaret Chuba Okadigbo, widow of Chuba Okadigbo, a former senate president, to replace him.Ruling on the case on Wednesday, Inyang Ekwo, a judge, said he would not hear the preliminary objection alone until the counter affidavit to the substantive suit has been filed by the NNPC. “Let me give the NNPC legal team the opportunity to file a counter affidavit to enable me to look at the matter holistically,” the judge ruled.“When I see the calibre of counsel in a matter like this my belief is that there will be an exposition of jurisprudence to develop the law.”Meanwhile, some of the reliefs sought by the former senator in his suit are:
“A declaration of this honourable court that by the provisions of section 63 of the petroleum industry act, 2021, the 1st defendant cannot lawfully remove the plaintiff as the non-executive chairman of the 2nd defendant for any reason whatsoever outside the conditions specifically listed in the said section 63 of the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021,” the document reads.
“An order of this honourable court reinstating the plaintiff forthwith and restoring him to his office with all the appurtenant rights and privileges of his office as the non-executive chairman of the 2nd defendant.”
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