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Lopsided appointments: Court to hear Fasoranti, Clark, others’ N50bn suit October 2

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday fixed October 2 for hearing of the N50bn suit filed by some southern and middle-belt leaders to challenge alleged lopsided appointments and marginalisation of

the people of the regions by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari .

The 16 plaintiffs, in the suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/595/2020, and filed before the court on June 8, 2020, include Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark; Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti; President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr John Nwodo; and a leader of the Middle Belt people, Dr Pogu Bitrus. The plaintiffs’ lawyer argued that “under the current first defendant’s administration which has been in power since May 29, 2015, several sensitive government positions and agencies are dominated by persons of the same ethnic and religious group, state and geographical zones.”

 

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