Saraki, Senate, lawyers in 17 court cases over EFCC's acting chairman

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, the Nigerian Senate, lawyers and different groups have instituted at least 17 suits on

According to a report by The Punch, no fewer than 17 court cases have been filed for and against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission boss before various divisions of the Federal High Court.

The revelation was made public on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, when lawyers, who appeared before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja said a related case was filed in the Yola Division of the court in Adamawa State, while another case on the same subject is before the Kano Division of the FHC.

The report also revealed that some of the 17 cases were in support of Magu, while the rest sought Magu’s removal from office on the grounds that he had been rejected by the Senate.

It was also reported that majority of the cases for and against Magu remaining as acting chairman of the anti-graft agency were said to be pending before various judges of the Abuja Division of the court.

Meanwhile, Musa Abdul, who represented the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), sued as the second defendant, told the judge that the AGF had written to the former Chief Judge of the court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, seeking the consolidation of the cases.

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Abdul explained that the AGF’s office was aware of 10 cases in respect of Magu’s chairmanship of the EFCC and was therefore necessary to have the cases heard by one judge in order to avoid a situation where judges of the FHC would give conflicting decisions on the same subject matter.