Constitutional lawyer, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba has filed N1trillion fundamental human rights suit against the Federal Government before a Federal High Court for himself and on behalf of the South East Zone over alleged acts of discrimination and under development of the region.


In the suit brought pursuant to section 42 of the 1999 constitution, the erstwhile President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is further asking the court for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Federal Government and its agents, servants or privies, or otherwise howsoever from further acts of discrimination against the applicant or any member of the Group/Class represented in the civil action.

Besides, the applicants are also claiming a whopping sum of N1trillion from the Federal Government as general damages to be shared among the five states of the South-East geo-political zone.

The suit is asking the court to declare that the structural composition of the states in Nigeria, in this distribution: North-West, Seven States; North-Central, Six States; North-East, Six States; South-West, Six States; South-South, Six States; and South-East, Five States; creates a structural imbalance against the applicant and the Group/Class he represents to their political and economic disadvantage in “federal legislative representation, ministerial/political and judicial appointments, and revenue allocation contrary to Section 14(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, which requires reflection of federal character in conduct of public affairs, and accordingly a violation of Section 42 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, which prohibits discrimination against the applicant and the Group/Class represented based on Ethnic Grouping and place of origin.”

In an originating summons supported by an affidavit of 99 paragraphs and a statement of claim, the applicants rooted their action on the ground of alleged total neglect of the applicant’s geo-political zone by the Federal Government in terms of infrastructure and general federal presence making the region feel not part of the Federal Government (1st Respondent).

Besides the issue of under development, the applicants are further demanding the creation of two more states in the South-East geo political zone to balance with the seven states in the North-West, and thereby bring to an end the discriminatory practices against the South-East geo political Zone in terms of legislative representation, political and judicial appointments and net federal allocation accruing to the geo-political zone.

The suit is also asking the Federal High Court for an order directing the Federal Government to forthwith, “prepare and send to the National Assembly for enactment, a bill to establish the South-East Development Commission (SEDC) and for ancillary matters, which body shall be charged with the execution of the said master plan and the general development of the South-East geo-political zone.”

Other grounds upon which the action was filed is the alleged abandonment of the Niger Bridge to collapse and failure to build the ‘Second Niger Bridge’ making the applicants feel isolated from other parts of 1st Respondent and causing them apprehension about disaster on crossing the existing bridge.

They cited the abandonment of federal roads, which are death traps and robbery baits and occasioning and constraining on the applicants’ grueling road journeys within the geo-political zone as another reason for the suit.

It is their contention that the failure to develop strategic new roads especially the Anam-Nzam federal road linking the South-East with the North-Central at Idah in Kogi State to give the applicants easy access to the northern part of Nigeria is discriminatory.

The grounds of the suit also include failure to exploit the Oil/Gas Reserves in Anambra Basin and stalling the applicants’ legitimate expectation from employment and derivation funds for development of the Applicant’s South-East Zone.

The applicants further cited the abandonment of the Enugu Colliery and depriving them legitimate expectation from employment and derivation funds for the development of the South-East zone as grounds of their action.

In addition, they also pointed out the failure to develop trade-friendly ports and customs policies and establish ‘ease-of-business’ platforms to assist the applicants’ trading brothers and sisters to do better and operate on a higher and modern scale in trading, which makes the applicants to spend money to support relatives.

The suit further raised concern over the failure to have an operational international cargo airport at Owerri to aid trading, which causes the applicants to spend huge sums of money to support trading relatives to haul airborne goods by road from Lagos, with the attendant risks.

The failure to dredge the Lower Niger and establish a Port at Onitsha to aid trading which causes the applicants to spend huge sums of money to support trading relatives to haul seaborne goods by road from Port Harcourt or Lagos, with the attendant risks, has also prompted the action of the applicants.

They also alleged disparity in states structure, which puts the South-East zone behind every other geo-political zone in political and judicial appointments and representation at the National Assembly, as well as in revenue allocation.

Also, foisting low revenue allocation status on the South-East Zone as a result of failure to exploit Oil/Gas and Coal and as a result of the said structural imbalance is adduced as a ground for the suit.

Among other declarations sought, they want the court, to declare that the worsening menace of erosion in the South-East zone generally and in particular in Agulu, Nanka and Obosi in Anambra State, under the watch and neglect of the 1st Respondent, who responds to similar or less-threatening ecological problems in other Zones with dispatch and commitment, is discriminatory and a violation of the fundamental right of the applicant and the Group/Class represented guaranteed under Section 42 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999.
more at http://www.akelicious.com/2017/04/igbo-demands-n1trillion-from-fg.html

Only?

no amount of money can buy us

all we ask is freedom and it's priceless

count the good people of igbo out of this fraudulent charade.

Agbakoba you're on your own you only speak for yourself.


oya let all the vagabonds bastard, old men igbo haters start another round of masturbation this morning.



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Omenkalives ngeneukwenu chetanweze KingsleyMalcolm Jetleeee

1 trillion ke,u nova hear say naija dey broke abi

Really?

wish them well!

Lol. The Igbo mindset:
1. let's fight for freedom, they'll call us & dash us money to stay.
2. Before our broda kuku die for prison, let us hurry them by filing a ridiculous law suit.
3. Haba, Oga Buhari, even if na one bag of rice, just give us biko

3, things that cant be separated from igbos

1.chest beating-we own lagos,we are the most intelligent..we this ,we that.

2.love for money-They so much love biafra,but They couldn't relocate their businesses to biafra first and ask their member serving in nigeria government to resign.

3.Being a cry baby-Awolowo betrayed us,hausa/fulanis are hindering our development etc.

Basic123:
3, things that cant be separated from igbos

1.chest beating-we own lagos,we are the most intelligent..we this ,we that.

2.love for money-They so much love biafra,but They couldn't relocate their businesses to biafra first and ask their member serving in nigeria government to resign.

3.Being a cry baby-Awolowo betray us,fulanis are hindering their development etc.

They are coming for you. I will advise you to go and hide.

**runs out of thread**

The irony of it is using a federal government court to sue the federal government.

All these demands can be resolved politically, just maybe, the SE is having difficulty synchronizing with the political mindset of other geopolitical regions.

Basic123:
3, things that cant be separated from igbos

1.chest beating-we own lagos,we are the most intelligent..we this ,we that.

2.love for money-They so much love biafra,but They couldn't relocate their businesses to biafra first and ask their member serving in nigeria government to resign.

3.Being a cry baby-Awolowo betray us,fulanis are hindering their development etc.

just perfect

You got it

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This must be fake news joo. The same yeibo people that have the 'most developed' region in Nigeria and by extension Africa, that have developed the SE into the African Dubai and in their magnanimity are spreading/helping to develop Lagos, Abuja, Thailand, Indonesia, India, China, SA, etc are the ones supposedly suing the FG for underdevelopment
Definitely this must be fake news.

1 Trillion for what or are their governors and Sinators not receiving Federal allocation meant for the development of SE

So these primitive village peasants have been lying to themselves all along & their younger ones running with the lies... Thought they said they neededTrump than the FG.

A self-acclaimed majority group with a first class victim mentality.

IPob always cry

ok

Ok

It's all about the money for them. Lawyers should be penalized for frivolous lawsuits like this one.

I wonder who gave Agbakoba the title of SAN.

shame on him.

ElsonMorali:
It's all about the money for them. Lawyers should be penalized for frivolous lawsuits like this one.

I wonder who gave Agbakoba the title of SAN.

shame on him.

Easterners will do anything to leave the evil Lugard's contraption, that hates them greatly.

If only you can leave your cesspit and visit the region, then you could convince yourself. Driving from Enugu through Awka, two state capitals to Onitsha, you will be driving in hell. But from Asaba, all the way to Lagos, its smooth road. The annoying thing is that the distance from Enugu to Onitsha is very small. Now you would ask yourself if the eastern region with small land mass, is part of the useless country called Nigeria. Please don't ask me to blame the regional leaders, as they are not the federal government... This evil trend is repeated in all sectors...not only roads.

Basic123:
3, things that cant be separated from igbos

1.chest beating-we own lagos,we are the most intelligent..we this ,we that.

2.love for money-They so much love biafra,but They couldn't relocate their businesses to biafra first and ask their member serving in nigeria government to resign.

3.Being a cry baby-Awolowo betray us,fulanis are hindering their development etc.

World developers

Somebody's account is about to be filled

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Easterners will do anything to leave the evil Lugard's contraption, that hates them greatly.

I wish I had a fvck to give you but I don't. Y'all can relocate to Israel for all I care. The farther from Yorubaland, the better.

If only you can leave your cesspit and visit the region, then you could convince yourself. Driving from Enugu through Awka, two state capitals to Onitsha, you will be driving in hell. But from Asaba, all the way to Lagos, its smooth road.

The only cesspits here is your mind. Only shit like this response can emanate from there.

Here's why.

you come online everyday to show us pictures of how wonderfully developed the east is, designating and insulting the Yorubas in the same breathe, yet come online the following day to wail about How dilapidated the east is and how the fg neglected your area and everything is falling to ruins.

Are you guys mentally stable at all?

The annoying thing is that the distance from Enugu to Onitsha is very small. Now you would ask yourself if the eastern region with small land mass, is part of the useless country called Nigeria. Please don't ask me to blame the regional leaders, as they are not the federal government... This evil trend is repeated in all sectors...not only roads.

I thought your adopted son and god whom you worship who spent 6 years atop the throne of Nigeria, Jonthing Egbere Badluck refurbished the entire east, that was why why you guys wanted to die on top his matter?

You mean he did nothing for you guys?

Pray tell us why do you guys love him more than his own mama?

I pray you guys finally get sense. Honest Bro, I'm on my knees right now.

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I can only see bitter hatred, reading through the sewage you were spewing...You don't deserve any reasonable response as you are taking clowning to a great height. You can only rant, but would never be able to stop what is coming...

[quote author=ElsonMorali post=55801219][/quote]

10/10

LionDeLeo:


10/10

Parasites, leeches are kept alive ONLY IF THE STATUS QUA is maintained...

Cooly100:


Parasites, leeches are kept alive ONLY IF THE STATUS QUA is maintained...

Choi, e pain am well well.