Agbakoba urges court to sack Buhari as petroleum resources minister

Constitutional lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN has asked the Federal High Court Abuja to disqualify President Muhammadu Buhari from holding the portfolio of the Minister of Petroleum Resources.

In a suit he filed against the Federal Government of Nigeria, Agbakoba is challenging the constitutional qualification of the President of Nigeria to also hold executive office as Minister of Petroleum Resources.

Agbakoba submitted that on the basis of section 138 of the Constitution disqualifying the President of Nigeria from taking any paid employment or holding executive office of Minister of Petroleum Resources, the President cannot hold office as Minister of Petroleum Resources.

The affidavit supporting Agbakoba’s claim states the determination of the questions in the claim are of vital national importance, in view of the governance chaos at the NNPC.

Agbakoba urged the court to rule that President Buhari is not validly qualified to be Minister of Petroleum Resources and in any event the President is also disqualified to be Minister of Petroleum Resources, not having been confirmed by Senate.
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No date has been fixed for hearing.