JUST-IN: Court Bars Pat Utomi From Forming Parrallel Government

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has stopped Professor Pat Utomi and his associates from going ahead with their plan to set up a shadow government in the country.

The court, in its judgment in a suit filed by the Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday, held that the creation of a shadow government or cabinet was unconstitutional and alien to the country’s presidential system of governance.

The order of the court stopped Utomi and others from pursuing the initiative and upheld the arguments of the DSS that Utomi’s action portends danger to the peace and security of Nigeria.

The judge said he had perused the country’s constitution, stating that there was no part that supports the formation of a shadow or parallel government.

Citing Section 1(1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution, the judge said the Constitution is supreme and binding on all citizens irrespective of political divides.