Insecurity: Buhari sued over refusal to sack service chiefs

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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has been asked to urge President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all the service chiefs over their alleged failure to curb insecurity in the country.

In the suit that was lodged by the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in Adamawa State, Alhaji Said Uba, the court, was further prayed to declare that President Buhari and other Respondents in the matter, have failed in their responsibility to protect lives and properties of Nigerian citizens

However, Other respondents in the suit are the Attorney-General of the Federation, the National Assembly, Senate President, Chief of Army staff, Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Air Staff and the Inspector General of Police.

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Uba, who sued Buhari on behalf of affected victims of insecurity in the Northern Region, is also praying the court to order the federal government to pay N100billion to the victims.

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Meanwhile, The plaintiff ntained that President Buhari and the other Respondents have grossly slept on their duty as occasioned by the alarming rate of insecurity in the country.

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In a 26-paragraphed affidavit he attached in support of the originating summon, the Plaintiff, averred that thousands of people were killed, maimed and injured as a result of the inability of the Respondents to ensure safety of lives and properties as guaranteed by the Constitution.

In the same vein, He told the court that hundreds of thousands were displaced from their ancestral homes in the northern region due to acts of terrorism and banditry occasioned by the inability of the Respondents to give effect to the constitutional provisions.

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Meantime, the court has adjourned the matter to March 18, 2021, for hearing

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