Lawyer, CSOs Sue Tinubu, Others Over Removal Of CCT Chairman

President Bola Tinubu, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, have been taken before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged unlawful removal of Justice Danladi Umar as chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

The president and 10 others were sued by a lawyer, Nasir Bala and two civil society groups, Community Rescue Initiative and Toro Concerned Citizens Relief Foundation.

The three plaintiffs are praying the court to restrain the Clerk of the National Assembly from transmitting to Tinubu, the concurrent resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives which purportedly removed Umar as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

They want the court  stop the president from giving effect to the resolution of the two chambers of the National Assembly on the grounds that clear provisions of the law, especially the 1999 Constitution, were not followed in the purported removal of the CCT boss.

Among others, the plaintiffs are seeking seven declarative reliefs against the President and the other defendants.

The suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1796/2024, was instituted on behalf of the plaintiffs by Mahmoud M. Maidoki Esq., A.G Salisu Esq., Jibrin S. Jibrin Baq., and Abubakar S. Idris Bag.