Amid the issue of insecurity bedeviling Nigeria, a former
governorship candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in Adamawa State,
Said Lawal Uba, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before an Abuja Federal
High Court.
Uba, in his suit, urged the court to compel Buhari to sack
all Service Chiefs over their alleged failure to curb insecurity in the
country.
The governorship candidate instituted the legal action
against the president on behalf of affected victims of insecurity in the
northern region.
He also prayed the court to order the federal government to
pay a whopping sum of N100 billion to the victims of insecurity.
Uba contended that the law making protection of lives and
properties as a major function of Buhari has been grossly violated as
occasioned by the alarming rate of insecurity.
Others joined in the suit include the Attorney General of
the Federation, National Assembly, Senate President, Chief of Army staff, Chief
of Naval Staff, Chief of Air Staff and the Inspector General of Police.
Among the reliefs sought by the plaintiff are a declaration
that the respondents have failed in their responsibility to protect the lives
and properties of Nigerian Citizens which led to the deprivation of lives and
indiscriminate destruction of properties in the country.
“A declaration that the rights of the citizen to movement as
enshrined in section 37of the Constitution has been hampered due to the failure
of the respondents to adequately address the insecurity challenges in almost
every part of the country thereby restricting free movement.
“A declaration that the continuing bombing of the citizens
properties particularly in the northern part of the country without curbing or
putting an end by the respondents is a gross violation of the rights of
citizens to own properties.
“An order directing the President Buhari to immediately
relief the Service Chiefs of their duties for their inability to curb
insecurity which is claiming lives and destroying properties of citizens.
“An order directing each of the 1st to 8 respondents to
tender a written apology to the Applicant within 7 days of the granting of this
order in three major national dailies.
“An order directing the respondents to pay the sum of N100
billion jointly and severally to the applicant as aggravated and exemplary
damages for the unwarranted killing, kidnapping, banditry, inconveniences which
the Applicant is still being subjected to by the incompetence of respondents.
In a 26 paragraph affidavit in support of the originating
summon, the plaintiff averred that thousands of people were killed, maimed and
injured as a result of the inability to ensure safety of lives and properties
as guaranteed by the Constitution.
He further averred that another hundreds of thousands were
displaced from their ancestral homes in the northern region due to acts of
terrorism and banditry occasioned by the inability of the respondents to give
effect to the constitutional provisions.
The matter is fixed for March 18, 2021.
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