Buhari sued for N100bn over removal of Ararume as NNPC Chairman

Buhari sued for N100bn over removal of Ararume as NNPC Chairman

A N100 billion suit has been slammed on President Muhammadu Buhari at the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged unlawful removal of Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume as a non-Executive Chairman of the newly Incorporated Nigeria National Petroleum Company, Limited (NNPCL).

Ararume is claiming the huge sum from the President Buhari-led Federal Government as damages caused him in the way and manner he was removed as the NNPC Chief after using his name to incorporate the entity.

The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/691/2022 was instituted on his behalf by a group of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) comprising Chief Chris Uche, Ahmed Raji, Mahmud Magaji, Ogwu James Onoja, K.C Nwufor and Gordy Uche.

In the suit, Ararume formulated four issues for determination by the court among which was whether in view of the provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the NNPC, Companies and Allied Matters Act 2010 and the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, the office of the non Executive…

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