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Supreme Court dismisses suit by 16 states against EFCC, ICPC, NFIU Acts

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Ibrahim Ramalan
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The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the suit filed by 16 states challenging the legality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and two other anti-corruption agencies.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the other agencies are the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU.
A seven-member panel of justices, in a unanimous judgment, held that the suit was unmeritorious.
In the lead judgment by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the Supreme Court resolved the six issues raised for determination in the suit against the plaintiffs.
The court held that the laws establishing the anti-corruption agencies were validly enacted by the National Assembly within its legislative competence.
It faulted the claim by the plaintiffs that the EFCC Act, being a product of the United Nations convention on corruption, ought to be ratified by majority of the state’s houses of assembly.
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