Justice B.O Quadri of the Federal
High Court, Abuja, has fixed October 10 to hear a matter filed by a lawyer,
Johnmary Jideobi, seeking to remove Ibrahim Magu as Acting Chairman, Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
On Thursday, Mohammed Shehu,
counsel to one of the respondents, asked the court for an adjournment to enable
him to familiarise himself with the case being his first appearance.
Jideobi, who represented himself
said he had no objection to the application for adjournment.
Jideobi is asking the court to
make a pronouncement terminating the continuous stay of Magu as Acting Chairman
of EFCC.
He said that the Senate rejected
Magu’s appointment and by virtue of that expediency, the commission being
headed by an acting chairman ended when the president wrote requesting for a
substantive chairman.
However, the Federal Government,
through the office of the Attorney- General of the Federation, objected to the
application on certain terms.
Counsel to the Federal
Government, Mrs Maimuna Shiru, said that one of the terms had to do with the
powers of the president to appoint a chairman for the EFCC, whether in acting
or substantive capacity.
Other defendants in the matter
include the Senate, the Attorney-General of the Federation, and the EFCC.
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