Marcel Dim-Udebuani; a lawyer from Anambra State has sued President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent appointments which many believe show a bias
towards Nigeria’s northern region.
Marcel Dim-Udebuani filed the suit challenging Buhari’s appointments
at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Dim-Udebuani is alleging before the court that
the president’s appointments are in violation of Nigeria’s federal character
principle.
He based his
suit on the grounds “that the Federal Republic of
Nigeria is a country for all the citizens, South-East inclusive.”
Buhari has appointed 25 officials since assuming office on May 29,
2015, but none of them is from the South-East.
The plaintiff is therefore urging the court to compel Buhari “to reverse the appointments so
far made to observe and comply with the principle of Federal Character as
enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as
amended).”
The president has been severely criticized for his appointments which
the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC)
has described as ‘totally unacceptable to Ndigbo’.
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