Ten States Government in Nigeria have filled a suit at the Supreme Court, asking the apex Court to set aside the pronouncement by President Muhammad Buhari’s banning the old #500 and #1000 Currency notes. The Attorneys General of the 10 States in a suit No SC/ CV/ 162/2023 filled on Friday by their Counsel A.J Owonikoko ( SAN ) asked the apex court to declared President Buhari’s pronouncement unconstitutional. The President had on Thursday during a nationwide broadcast declared that the old #500 and #1000 would no longer remain legal tender. Buhari directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to release only old #200 while the other two denominations remain invalid. Some governors elected under the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC had kicked against the President pronouncement. The Plaintiffs to the suit are Attorneys General of Kaduna, Kogi, Zamfara, Ondo, Ekiti, Katsina, Ogun, Cross – River, Sokoto and Lagos States. The Respondents are the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and the AGs of Bayelsa and Edo States. The Plaintiffs in the suit on a 12 grounds of application argued that President Buhari’s pronouncement extending the validity of old #200 notes for 60 days and his ban of old #500 and #1000 notes are unconstitutional overreach and usurpation of the judicial power of the Supreme Court being that the case is already before the court. The Counsel for the applicants cited Section 232 (1), Section 6(6)(b), and Section 287(1) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, which includes the protection of the Supreme Court’s dignity and which ensure Compliance with its order by all persons and authorities.
10 States Drags Buhari To Supreme Court For Banning Old #500 And #1000 * Ask the Court to set aside Buhari’s directives
