- The constitutionality of the Executive Order No 6 has been questioned by some top dignitaries in Nigeria
- Among the public figures who are at variance with the order are Raymond Dokpesi, the chairman of Daar Communications and Senator Bala Mohammed
- Dokpesi and Mohammed have dragged the federal government to court on the ground that the order labels them are corrupt and thus negates their innocence
Raymond Dokpesi, the chairman of Daar Communications, Senator Bala Mohammed, and Ambassador Bello Mohammed, have filed a lawsuit against the federal government and the Attorney General of the Federation, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, challenging the legality of Executive Order No 6 of 2018, Vanguard reports.
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In the suit the above-named plaintiffs are asking the court to declare that the order issued by the president, which allegedly stigmatizes them as corrupt and label their assets as proceeds of corruption liable for forfeiture is unconstitutional and baseless.
They claimed that the order is an unconstitutional attempt by the presidency to victimise them. Moreover, they prayed the court for an order that will make void the order since according to them, it negates their innocence.
The suit read: "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 reported that the federal government had said that the Presidential Executive order Number 6 of 2018 would have immediate effect on 155 high profile corruption cases involving over N595 billion.
The minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos to drum support for the order signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, July 5.
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Source: Naija.ng