Federal Character Appointment: Lawyer sues Buhari, AGF over alleged constitutional violation

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The plaintiff asks the court to dissolve the board of the Federal Character Commission's board and re-constitute it to reflect the federal character principle.

before a Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged gross breach of Nigeria’s constitution in relation to recent Federal Character Commission appointments.

The grouse of the plaintiff is that Mr Buhari allegedly violated some provisions of the Nigerian constitution in the manner of his political appointments. The plaintiff who claimed to be an indigene of Osun State, alleged that the two appointments were in clear breach of section 4 of the FCC Act having been made from the Northern part of the country.

The plaintiff who claimed to have been aggrieved with the appointments also sought another order to compel Mueeba Dankaka and Mohammed Tukur to vacate their offices without any delay.

 

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