Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to publish the names of alleged looters of over N6 trillion at the Niger Delta Development Commission between 2000 and 2019.
Recent recent Forensic Audit Report on the NDDC indicted some individuals and companies for the misappropriation of the money meant to run the commission between 2000 to 2019.
In suit with number FHC/ABJ/CS/1360/2021 filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP sought “an order of mandamus to direct and compel President Buhari to publish the names of those indicted in the alleged misappropriation of over N6trn in the running of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between 2000 and 2019.”
Justice Binta Nyako at Court 2 will attend to the suit fixed for hearing on November 29, 2021.
SERAP is also seeking “an order of mandamus to compel President Buhari to direct Mr Abubakar Malami SAN, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to bring to justice anyone suspected to be responsible for the missing N6trn, and to fully recover any stolen public funds.”
SERAP said “the public interest in publishing the names of those indicted by the audit report outweighs any considerations to withhold the information, as there would be no prejudice against those whose names are published as long as the information is appropriately framed and truthful.”
