Judgment

Attorney-General of Abia State ....... Plaintiff And Attorney-General of The Federation Attorney-General of Adamawa State Attorney-General of Akwa Ibom State Attorney-General of Anambra State Attorney-General of Bauchi State Attorney-General of Bayelsa State Attorney-General of Benue State Attorney-General of Borno State Attorney-General of Cross River State Attorney-General of Delta State Attorney-General of Ebonyi State Attorney-General of Edo State Attorney-General of Ekiti State Attorney-General of Enugu State Attorney-General of Gombe State Attorney-General of Imo State Attorney-General of Jigawa State Attorney-General of Kaduna State Attorney-General of Kano State Attorney-General of Katsina State Attorney-General of Kebbi State Attorney-General of Kogi State Attorney-General of Kwara State Attorney-General of Lagos State Attorney-General of Nassarawa State Attorney-General of Niger State Attorney-General of Ogun State Attorney-General of Ondo State Attorney-General of Osun State Attorney-General of Oyo State Attorney-General of Plateau State Attorney-General of Rivers State Attorney-General of Sokoto State Attorney-General of Taraba State Attorney-General of Yobe State Attorney-General of Zamfara State ....... Defendant

Court
Supreme Court of Nigeria
Division
Abuja
Date
23/02/2007

The Supreme Court upheld the preliminary objection and struck out the suit for want of jurisdiction. The Court held that the Plaintiff’s complaints were against the EFCC, a statutory body corporate with the capacity to sue and be sued, and not against the Federation or…

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