A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the federal government
to “immediately release to Nigerians information about the names of
high ranking public officials from whom public funds were recovered and
the circumstances under which funds were recovered, as well as the exact
amount of funds recovered from each public official.”
The judgment was delivered by Justice Hadiza Shagari following a
Freedom of Information suit number: FHC/CS/964/2016 brought by
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP.
The suit
followed disclosure last year by the FG, of funds recovered from some
high-ranking public and private individuals. In her judgment, Ms.
Shagari agreed with SERAP that “the FG has a legally binding obligation
to tell Nigerians the names of all suspected looters of the public
treasury past and present.”
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