A team of 22 Senior Advocates of
Nigeria (SANs) has stormed Nigeria’s Supreme Court to address the apex court on
the legality or otherwise of the contentious Executive Order 10 issued by
President Muhammadu Buhari.
The senior lawyers stormed the
court as early as 8 am on the invitation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN,
Honourable Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, as amicus curies (friends of the
court) to make submissions that will guide the court in making a well-informed
decision on the issue.
President Muhammadu Buhari had
early in the year issued Executive Order 10 backing financial autonomy to the
arm of the judiciary at the state level as well as the state legislature.
The executive order became
contentious following the vehement objections to it by the state governors.
The governors subsequently
instituted a suit at the apex to challenge its legality
The amicus curies led by two
former presidents of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, chiefs Adegboyega
Awomolo and Olisa Agbakoba, are billed to argue on the legality or otherwise of
the Executive Order.
Plaintiffs are the 36
Attorneys-General of the 36 states of the federation being led by the Attorney
General of Abia state while the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, is the
defendant.
Lead counsel to the plaintiffs is
a former President of the NBA and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Augustine
Alegeh, while the AGF is having Tijani Gazali, SAN. as his lead counsel.
A statement made available, read in part ” A very important constitutional matter between
Attorney General, Abia State and 35 others and Attorney General of the
Federation on the scope and framework for funding courts mentioned in section 6
of the Constitution and the constitutionality of Executive 10 made by the
President will be coming up at 9 am before the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the
4th of October 2021.
“The Plaintiff’s lead Counsel is
Augustine Alegeh SAN, the Defence lead Counsel is T.A. Gazali, SAN.
“Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN, Musibau
Adetunbi, SAN and Chief Sebastine. Hon, SAN, are among the Amicus Curie”.
However, at the time of this
report, the legal fireworks are yet to commence as the Supreme Court is
struggling to have a full panel of seven justices to take the submissions.
Details later…
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