10 States Go To Supreme Court Against Buhari’s Naira Directives

,,,,,,,The Attorneys General of 10 states have asked the Supreme Court to set aside President Muhammadu Buhari’s directives on the naira policy.

The president had during a broadcast to the nation last Thursday, declared that the old N500 and N1000 naira would no longer remain legal tender.

,,,,,But the governments of the 10 states in a suit filed on Friday by their counsel, A.J. Owonikoko (SAN), asked the apex court to declare the President’s directives unconstitutional.

The plaintiffs in the suit are the Attorneys General (AGs) of Kaduna, Kogi, Zamfara, Katsina and Sokoto states.

,,,,,,Others are those of Cross River, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, and Lagos states.

The respondents in the case are the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and the AGs of Bayelsa and Edo states.

The plaintiffs argued that Buhari’s directive extending the validity of old N200 notes for 60 days and his ban on old N500 and N1,000 notes is unconstitutional.

,,,,,,,,,,,According to them, it was an usurpation of the judicial power of the apex court being that the case is already before the court.