In a stinging rebuke, the Supreme Court described the state governments that filed the case as selfish.
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She held that the first plaintiff “opened the can of worms and skeletons in its cupboard” with its claim in the suit that the EFCC had invited and investigated officials of the state government.Support journalism driven by facts, created by Nigerians for Nigerians. Our thorough, researched reporting relies on the support of readers like you.According to Ms Abba-Aji, the claim was the height of “the selfish reasons of the plaintiffs’ suit.
The Kogi State government, through its Attorney-General, commenced the suit at a time when the immediate-past governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, was battling to avoid trial by the EFCC. The states that remained plaintiffs as of the time of judgement are Kogi, Kebbi, Katsina, Sokoto, Enugu, Oyo, Plateau, Cross River, Ondo, Niger, Edo, Bauchi, Imo, Osun, Nasarawa, Ogun, and Taraba.
According to them, the provisions of the constitution require the majority of the states’ Houses of Assembly agreeing to the implementation of the convention before passing the EFCC Act and others, which was allegedly never done.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Supreme Court resolved all six issues raised for determination in the suit against the plaintiffs and in favour of the Attorney-General of the Federation , Lateef Fagbemi, the sole defendant in the suit.
“Let me first look at the constitutional provision. The plaintiffs rely on Section 12 of the constitution in their argument. A treaty is an agreement reached by two or more countries which has to be ratified. “I must agree with the honourable AGF that the plaintiffs’ argument, that is, the houses of assembly of the plaintiffs’ states need to first ratify the conventions, is not tenable in law,” she added.
“Any act that has been competently enacted by the National Assembly cannot be said to be inconsistent,” she said. “Since the AGF is assumed to be the chief law officer of the federation, he is by all means the proper and necessary party in the suit.
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