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For appointing himself Petroleum Minister, Agbakoba drags Buhari to court
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged before an Abuja Federal High Court by former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba, for appointing himself the Minister of Petroleum Resources.
In the suit which the lawyer instituted before the court on Monday, through his chambers, he prayed the court to establish the constitutional qualification of the president to hold executive office as Petroleum Minister.
According to Agbakoba, going by section 138 of the Nigerian Constitution, the president has no such right as to take any paid employment or hold an executive office as the Minister of Petroleum Resources.
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He further argued that aside other things that President Buhari’s appointment of self as Minister of Petroleum Resources was never confirmed by the Senate of the National Assembly as section 147(2) of the constitution stated.
Determination of the questions will do Nigeria a lot good, especially with the governance chaos at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the affidavit in support of the lawyer’s suit stated.
A date is yet to be fixed for the hearing of the case.
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Animashaun Ayodeji
October 16, 2017 at 6:36 pm
What has Agbakoba been doing since all these day that he didn’t drag Buhari to court for making himself petroleum minister?
Anita Kingsley
October 17, 2017 at 9:38 am
He sued Buhari the moment he realised the president was wrong to have made himself petroleum minister. It is better late than never
Anita Kingsley
October 16, 2017 at 6:51 pm
I don’t know what the constitution says about being a president with extra portfolios, but if Buhari had gone againat the constitution in any way, he should be relieved off his duty as petroleum minister and be sanctioned
seyi jelili
October 16, 2017 at 9:05 pm
Mumu lawyer, just want to get unnecessary attention, didn’t Obj served as the minister of petroleum resources during his time as well?
yanju omotodun
October 17, 2017 at 5:44 am
It’s never too late to discover a wrong thing,that is law for you
Abeni Adebisi
October 17, 2017 at 9:42 am
The fact that Obasanjo did the same thing and went away with it doesn’t mean the wrong doing should become a tradition. Agbakoba has alerted many Nigerians who didn’t know it is wrong to be the president and hold extra ministerial posts
JOHNSON PETER
October 17, 2017 at 5:20 am
Agbakoba is a lone ranger, let him build a mansion in the air for a while, he will realise later how much effort he has dissipated
yanju omotodun
October 17, 2017 at 5:42 am
Don’t be surprised he wins the case