Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Prof Chidi Odinkalu has taken to his official X
account to react after court stopped the Central Bank
of Nigeria from releasing allocations to the government of Rivers state.
According to PUNCH, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria from further releasing monthly financial allocations to Rivers State Government.
According to a post that Prof Chidi Odinkalu made on his page on Wednesday, he said 20 years ago when Bola Ahmed Tinubu was the governor of Lagos state, the Supreme Court of Nigeria declined an application to withhold the federation account allocations of Lagos state LGAs. He said today, a judge of the Federal High Court has overruled the Supreme Court.
According to Chidi Odinkalu;
“20 years ago, while Tinubu was governor of
Lagos state, Supreme Court declined an application to withhold
the federation account allocations of Lagos LGAs.
“Today, a judge of Federal High Court overruled the Supreme Court. This is not Rule Of Law; it is tyranny of the outlaw”.
