SERAP Appeals To President Buhari To Respect Rule Of Law And Enforce Court Judgments Against His Government

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to obey the rule of law and constitutionalism of the country, by enforcing court judgments delivered against his administration.

The advocacy organisation made the appeal on Friday via its verified Twitter handle while listing some of the judgments pronounced against his administration.

SERAP noted: “The judgement by Justice M. Idris, ordering his government to publish spending details of stolen funds recovered by governments since 1999.

“The judgement by Justice Oguntoyinbo, ordering the Federal Government to recover pensions collected by former Governors now serving as Ministers and members of the National Assembly, and directing the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, to challenge the legality of States’ pension laws permitting former Governors, etc, to collect such pensions.

“The judgment by Justice Mohammed Idris, ordering the prosecution of Senior Lawmakers suspected of padding and stealing N481 billion from the 2016 budget; and the publication of the report of investigations into the alleged padding of the 2016 budget.

“The judgment by Justice Obiozor, ordering the immediate release of names of companies that have received public funds to execute electricity projects, but have failed to carry out any projects, and payment details to electricity Contractors, since 1999.”

This is coming days after the rights group wrote the President, urging him to copy the Namibia example, by banning the purchase of cars for public officials in his administration as well as lawmakers in order to save funds to run the economy, amid the coronavirus pandemic.