A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking to invalidate the appointments of the managing director and and other executive directors of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, by Bola Tinubu.
Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, dismissed the suit on the ground that the plaintiffs lacked the legal right to institute the case.
Justice Omotosho held that the proper party to initiate the case was the Attorney-General (A-G) of the states, being the chief law officers empowered to sue on behalf of the states or appoint a private lawyer to do so.
“The plaintiffs have no right to litigate a matter of public interest where the Attorney-General is available and not complaining,” the judge said.
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He further held that the plaintiffs failed to prove their claims, adding that they ought to have shown the quantum of oil produced in each of the oil-producing states.
The judge held that the plaintiffs also failed to provide evidence of the manner and status of appointments into NDDC management positions since the commission’s inception to substantiate their claims.
“This is simply an assertion without proof. This court is handicapped in going to the merits of this case,” he said.
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