The Supreme Court has fixed October 22 to hear a suit filed by 16 state governments challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The suit which was instituted by the Kogi State Government and 15 other states is contesting the constitutionality of the laws establishing the EFCC and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.
A seven-man panel of justice led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, on Tuesday, fixed the date for hearing after the states were joined as co-plaintiffs and leave granted for consolidation of the case in the suit originally filed by the Kogi State Government through its Attorney General.
The 15 other states joined in the suit marked: SC/CV/178/2023, include Ondo, Edo, Oyo, Ogun, Nassarawa, Kebbi, Katsina, Sokoto, Jigawa, Enugu, Benue, Anambra, Plateau, Cross-River and Niger.
