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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged President Bola Tinubu to court over his failure to stop the former governors who are now serving as ministers in his administration from collecting life pensions and other “retirement benefits” from their states while they serve as ministers.
The ministers mentioned in the suit are: Badaru Abubakar, Nyesom Wike, Bello Matawalle, Adegboyega Oyetola, and David Umahi.
Others are Simon Lalong, Atiku Bagudu, and Ibrahim Geidam.
Joined in the suit as defendants are the ministers involved.
In the suit with number FHC/L/CS/1855/2023 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, SERAP is seeking: “an order of mandamus to direct and compel President Tinubu to instruct the former governors who are now serving as ministers to stop collecting life pension, and other ‘retirement benefits’ from their respective states.
“An order of mandamus to direct and compel President Tinubu to instruct the former governors who are now serving as ministers to forthwith return any pensions and ‘retirement benefits’ collected by them since leaving office to the public treasury.
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