Lawyer urges Supreme Court to compel AGF to promulgate order on foreign judgments
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The Supreme Court has been urged to compel the Attorney- General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to promulgate the order on foreign judgments.
This is contained in an appeal filed by a legal practitioner, Emmanuel Ekpenyong marked SC/CR/92/2024 against the judgment of the Court of Appeal in appeal No: CA/A/132/2020 between Ekpenyong and AGF, which was dismissed on May 12 2022.
The appellate court had in its judgment upheld the decision of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, delivered by retired Justice Anwuli Chikere.
Alleged $6b fraud: Agunloye faults EFCC on amended charge
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A former Minister of Power, Dr. Olu Agunloye, yesterday challenged the amended charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed against him at a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja.
The former minister is standing trial for alleged infractions in the award of the $6 billion Mambila Hydropower plant in Taraba State.
Agunloye, who was minister under former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, is charged with seven counts bordering on forgery and disobedience to presidential order before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie.
Suspense as S’Court rules on 16 govs’ suit against EFCC today
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Following the suit filed by the 19 state governments contesting the constitutionality of the laws that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the country, the Supreme Court is set to rule on their request today.
The governors and the EFCC are eagerly awaiting the judgment of the apex court, which would confirm the legality or otherwise of the anti-graft commission.
The state governments, in their suit, had argued that the Supreme Court, in Dr Joseph Nwobike Vs Federal Republic of Nigeria, held that it was a United Nations Convention against corruption that was reduced into the EFCC Establishment Act and that in enacting the law in 2004, the provision of Section 12 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, was not followed.
They argued that in bringing a convention into Nigerian law, the provision of Section 12 must be complied with.
Those challenging our legality have something to hide – EFCC
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has broken its silence on the raging controversy over its legality claiming that those challenging its establishment were jittery because they have something to hide.
Its spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said the commission was worried and shocked about the suit in view of the ‘’corruption problem’’ in the country.
The Supreme Court is expected to hear the suit filed by 16 states challenging the constitutionality of the law establishing the agency today. The states that joined in the suit filed originally by the Kogi State Government include Ondo, Edo, Oyo, Ogun, Nassarawa, Kebbi, Katsina, Sokoto, Jigawa, Enugu, Benue, Anambra, Plateau, Cross River and Niger.
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