Lopsided Appointments: Abuja Lawyer Drags Buhari to Court
LAGOS September 1st (urhobotoday)-An Abuja lawyer has asked a court to declare all 25 appointments so far made by President Muhammadu Buhari null and void for allegedly violating the federal character principle in the nation’s constitution.
In a suit, in which the chairman of the Federal Character Commission is the second defendant, Dim-Udebuani Marcel asks the Federal High Court to determine whether the appointments violate section 14(3) of 1999 constitution as amended.
In his 23-paragraph affidavit, he wants the court to determine whether the exclusion of the South East geo-political zone in Buhari’s appointments so far is unconstitutional and divisive.
Marcel further asks the court to determine:
Whether there are no qualified and credible or corrupt free persons from the entire South East zone, and
Whether the FCC has in the circumstance of this case discharged its statutory duties under paragraph 8(1), (a), (b) and (c) of the Third Schedule to the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The plaintiff is asking the court for an order compelling Buhari to reverse the appointments so far made to observe and comply with the federal character principle.
Marcel is also seeking an order of the court compelling the FCC to invoke paragraph 8(1) (c) of the Third Schedule to the 1999 constitution nullifying all the appointments.
No date has been fixed for the matter.
WHAT KIND OF LAWYERS DO WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY ?WHICH SIDE ARE THEY ?BY NOW THEY SHOULD BE FIGHTING THE IMPORTANT FIGHT ,BALANCING APPOINTMENT DOES THAT SOLVE THE MOST ITCHING PROBLEM THE COUNTRY ARE FACING ,THE PASS LEADERS HAVE BEEN DOING THAT WHAT WAS THE RESULT INCOMPETENT PERSONS APPOINTED LOOTING AND FRAUD IS THE BUSINESS OF THE DAY .YOU LAWYERS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES OF NOT OPENING YOUR EYES TO FIGHT THE RIGHTFUL FIGHT ,NOW YOU WANT TO DISTRACT BUHARI ,YOU ALL WILL FAIL WOEFULLY .