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Appointment Of Judges: President Buhari Floors 15 SANs

A suit filed by a group consisting of 15 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, challenging the selection of 21 out of 31 persons chosen by President Muhammadu Buhari for appointment as judges in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory was on Wednesday dismissed by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Justice Okon Abang, in his judgment, held that the plaintiff lacked locus standi to institute the case in view of the fact that they have not shown any special interest as to confer on them the locus to commence the suit against the respective parties.
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₦90bn Poll Cash: Osinbajo Can’t Drop Immunity, Say SANs

Four senior lawyers on Thursday said Vice-President Osinbajo could not elect to waive his immunity because it was not about him but about the office of the vice-president, which he occupies.

A Lagos-based lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, says vice-president Yemi Osinbajo lacks the constitutional power to waive his immunity.

Effiong said this in a statement while reacting to Osinbajo’s vow to waive his constitutional immunity to pave the way for the “most robust adjudication” over an allegation that he took ₦90bn from the Federal Inland Revenue Service to fund the 2019 general elections.

The lawyer said the Supreme Court had ruled …