- Agbakoba wants the government to repair the current Niger Bridge or build the Second Niger Bridge which has been abandoned

- The lawyer is also seeking the creation of two more states in the southeast region for the sake of political balance

- Agbakoba says the damages he is asking for, if granted, would be jointly shared by the current five states in the southeast region

Ex-Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president Olisa Agbakoba has sued the federal government for a whopping N1trillion being damages for the neglect of the southeast region of the country.

The Guardian reports that the lawyer filed an application before a Federal High Court in Enugu in which he challenged the total neglect of the Southeast zone.

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Agbakoba said the sum of N1trillion that he is seeking as damages will be shared among the five Southeast states in the region.
Olisa Agbakoba says he wants FG to pay N1trillion that will be shared by states in the southeast region.

The report says the fundamental rights class action is before Justice A. R. Mohammed and was filed on behalf of Agbakoba and the Southeast zone on the grounds of discrimination, pursuant to Section 42 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

Agbakoba says there is total neglect of the geopolitical zone by the Federal Government, in terms of infrastructure and general federal presence.

He accused the FG of leaving the Niger Bridge to collapse.

He noted that failure to build the ‘Second Niger Bridge,’ is making him, the applicant, and the region feel isolated from other parts of the country.

He said it is also causing him worries about disaster of crossing the existing bridge.

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Agbakoba is also seeking an order directing the FG to swiftly create two additional states in the Southeast geopolitical zone.

According to him, such move would bring a balance with the seven states in the Northwest, thereby ending the discrimination against the Southeast zone both legislative representation, political and judicial appointments terms and not federal allocation accruing to the zone.

A date has yet to be fixed for the hearing of the application.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com gathered that there is presently a hot battle between the southeast and the northeast for the job of David Babachir Lawal, the suspended secretary to the government of the federation.

Leading members of the ruling All Progressives Congress from the southeast have begun a race for the top job which they say the region deserves in order to bring a great sense of belonging within the federation to that part of the country.


https://www.naij.com/1100789-olisa-agbakoba-sues-fg-n1trn-southeast-neglect.html

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He wants to be noticed like falana
bt nna anyi deje oo

Won't be surprised if he contests for something in 2019

I tho Gej has fixed everything

Bros Agbakoba you can make that money without court case

Be a whistle blower

You will be glad you did

Agbakoba is a well known supporters if corrupt politicians

Since time immemorial

Odika Agbakoba enwe go political ambition. Ocholu iji "babayaya" a o na-eti, mee onwe ya, eze okwulu ora Ndiigbo nke mbu.

Nna anyi, onye olu. Jisike.

Moderators please stop this annoying habit by sarrki.

sarrki can be very annoying, why the moderators refuse to ban him is strange.
There's a modify button on any post you make, learn to modify your post rather than clicking on "reply".
In some thread make 4 or 5 post when you can modify your existing post.
It is very annoying, I hope moderators take a look at it.
We can all do it you know.

DickTator1:
Moderators please stop this annoying habit by sarrki.
sarrki you can be very annoying, why the moderators refuse to ban you is strange.
There's a modify button on any post you make, learn to modify your post rather than clicking on "reply".
In some thread make 4 or 5 post when you can modify your existing post.
It is very annoying, I hope moderators take a look at it.
We can all do it you know.

Noted

Do you agree on what I said on Agbakoba ?

sarrki:



Noted

Do you agree on what I said on Agbakoba ?

Thank you. I don't agree with your view on Agbakoba.

5666321 things wrong with the southeast but its the Niger bridge we are shouting about.

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.

DickTator1:

Thank you. I don't agree with your view on Agbakoba.

I see

That is why they can't bear the greatest challenge of their life. The great Biafrans are not asking for anything, just let us be, not minding the Nigeria we all laboured for.

JUST LET US GO and develop ourselves as you have defied development since 1914.

So, Barawo-bá wants to fight for 5 states but the damages is to be paid to him