- Raymond Dokpesi and others have dragged President Buhari before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos
- Dokpesi and others are challenging the Presidential Executive Order No 6 of 2018
- They are demanding the court to declare that the order issued by the president is unlawful
Raymond Dokpesi, chairman DAAR communications, and Bala Mohammed, a former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to nullify an Executive Order No signed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Vanguard reports that they are further praying the court for an order nullifying the presidential executive order no 6 of 2018 on the ground that it constitutes a negation of the presumption of innocence of the plaintiffs until proven guilty by due process of law, as guaranteed by the constitution.
''An order nullifying the presidential executive order no 6 of 2018 on the ground that the scandalizes the plaintiffs by stigmatizing them as corrupt and labeling their assets as proceeds of corruption liable to forfeiture.
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''An order nullifying the presidential executive order no 6 of 2018, on the ground that it constitutes a violation of the rule against self-help in that the president purports to take action detrimental to the plaintiffs in respect of assets subject to pending litigation between the government and the plaintiffs an in effect to deem the plaintiffs guilty of whatsoever offences charged against them.''
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that the federal government said the Presidential Executive Order Number 6 of 2018 will have immediate effect on 155 high profile corruption cases involving over N595 billion.
The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos to drum support for the order signed by President Buhari on July 5.
Mohammed, who described the order as “the administration’s most potent weapon against corruption to date,” noted that, expectedly, there had been pockets of opposition to it.
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