Nigeria: Agbakoba Wants Court to Nullify Buhari's Ministerial Position

17 October 2017

A former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has sued the Federal Government over the ministerial position of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja is seeking an interpretation of the constitutional qualification of the president to simultaneously hold executive office as minister of petroleum resources.

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