EFCC: Govs can’t challenge FG for implementing existing law – Clarke

Oct. 10, 2024 - Punch Newspapers

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Robert Clarke, has said that state governors cannot challenge the Federal Government for implementing an existing law. The suit was instituted by the Kogi State Government, and joined by Ondo, Edo, Oyo, Ogun, Nassarawa states, among others.

The elder statesman said, “They have a legal right as governors to bring before the Supreme Court an action that challenges a law that is repugnant to the constitution. “They cannot challenge the Federal Government for implementing an existing law.

They cannot challenge the police or any other agency of government that is executing an existing law...