Lawyer sues FG, 36 states over judiciary autonomy - Punch Newspapers

An Abuja-based lawyer, Emeka Okoye, has dragged the Federal Government, 36 states of the federation and the Federal Account Allocation Committee to court over the issue of the financial autonomy of the judiciary.

He also asked the court to make an order “directing the Accountant General of each state of the federation to pay directly to each head of court in the state, all such fund standing to the credit of the judiciary in the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the state.” “Whether by the provisions of section 121 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , it is proper to pay funds standing to the credit of the judiciary in the state to any other person or authority outside the heads of court in the various states as directed by section 121 of the 1999 constitution?

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