Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project ( SERAP ) has sued governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja , Nyesom Wike , at the Federal High Court in Abuja over failure to account for an alleged missing N40 trillion federal allocations meant for local governments in the states and the FCT.
The suit followed the damning revelations by former President Muhammadu Buhari, who, in December 2022, stated: “If the money from the Federation Account to the state is about N100 million, N50 million will be sent to the chairman, but he will sign that he received N100 million. The chairman will pocket the balance and share i
SERAP Governors FCT Minister Missing Federal Allocations Nyesom Wike Federal High Court Abuja
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