Court dismisses suit seeking release of NDDC forensic audit report

A Federal High Court sitting successful Port Harcourt has dismissed a suit seeking the merchandise of the study of the forensic audit connected the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

The enactment was instituted by Paul Arochukwu Ogbonna and different applicant connected behalf of Social Action against the Attorney General of the Federation.

The plaintiffs had approached the tribunal successful 2022 pursuing the nonaccomplishment of the past Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to marque the study available, asking the tribunal to compel its disclosure.

Subsequently, aft President Bola Tinubu dissolved the ministry, the claimants amended their suit to bespeak the alteration and included the Attorney General of the Federation arsenic a defendant.

In his ruling connected Tuesday, Justice Turaki Mohammed struck retired the lawsuit connected the grounds that it was primitively filed against an bureau that nary longer exists.

Speaking to journalists extracurricular the tribunal room, counsel to the plaintiffs, Victor Nweke, expressed dissatisfaction with the judgment, noting that they are exploring further ineligible options.

He said, “We are not satisfied due to the fact that we volition travel back. The substance was not dismissed, it was simply struck out.

“We inactive person the power. The tribunal has the requisite jurisdiction to arsenic entertain the substance again.

“So, we are going to record the suit again and that accusation the authorities has refused to springiness to america indispensable beryllium fixed due to the fact that ...