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FG welcomes court order, accepts to publish names of looters
Hours after a Lagos Federal High Court ordered that names of suspected looters be disclosed to Nigerians, the Federal Government has accepted to obey the order.
The court, presided over by Justice Shagari, had sequel to a suit instituted by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), held that “the Federal Government has a legally binding obligations to tell Nigerians the names of all suspected looters of the public treasury past and present.”
Read also: Court orders Buhari, Osinbajo to reveal owners of recovered loots
Speaking on the issue with State House correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting, the
Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami said government was willing to obey the order.
He said that President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government totally welcomed the order of the court and will ensure it was carried out as long as it does not amount to violation of the rules of the court.
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JOHNSON PETER
July 6, 2017 at 7:53 am
Nonsense. So if court has ordered FG, so they don’t deem it fit to publish looters names because they are their allies. This Nigeria is jagajaga
yanju omotodun
July 6, 2017 at 7:59 am
Sincerely, it’s really jagajaga indeed in pdp era’s but now getting better in apc era. At least let’s see people who have looted funds in Nigeria which am sure are pdp members
Balarabe musa
July 6, 2017 at 8:29 am
Baba buhari will never cover corrupt politicians in any way. He will surely mention their names even before court order.
Anita Kingsley
July 6, 2017 at 11:50 am
I can only trust the federal government when the names are published. Agreeing to publish names of looters doesn’t means FG will eventually publish the names
Animashaun Ayodeji
July 6, 2017 at 12:00 pm
This will definitely cause some brouhaha by the time time thier names fly out to the atmosphere. Wifes, will know if their husbands are thieves or not. The moment of of truth that will embarrass the thieves is almost here.
Abeni Adebisi
July 6, 2017 at 12:10 pm
Must the federal government wait for court orders before doing the right things? Nigerians have asked the FG to publish the names of people stealing from us a long time ago, nowbthat the court has added its voice FG succumbs, rubbish!