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President Buhari Sued Over Lingering Fuel Scarcity

President Buhari Sued Over Lingering Fuel Scarcity

President Muhammadu Buhari has been sued by a Lagos-based lawyer, Festus Ogun, over the hardship caused by the lingering fuel scarcity in the nation.

The suit marked FHC/L/CS/743/22 was submitted at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, with Ogun appealing to the court to stop the president from serving as Minister of Petroleum Resources or from any other executive office in any capacity.

The lawyer stated that President Buhari has not been able to serve efficiently, adding: in February 2022, there was an unprecedented nationwide fuel scarcity that lingered for about a month; leaving citizens of Nigeria, inclusive of the Plaintiff, in pain, hardship, and agony."

According to Ogun, the hardship brought about by the scarcity has affected the smooth running of his business and that of other citizens.

Speaking in a separate statement, the lawyer said: "I have just filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari at the Federal High Court in Lagos over the excessive pain, hardship, and agony Nigerians went through as a result of the fuel scarcity experienced earlier this year.

"I solemnly believe that the gross inefficiency and mismanagement in the Petroleum Sector, that led to the fuel scarcity, is avoidable if the President was not holding the dual position of Petroleum Minister in violation of Section 138 of the 1999 Constitution.

"I believe that the President’s continuous serving as Petroleum Minister is not only illegal and unconstitutional, it is inimical to our economic growth and likely to occasion future scarcity and inefficiency that will affect the country and its good people.

"I make bold to say that it is practically and legally impossible for the President to hold his elected position, which comes with enormous responsibilities, contemporaneously with the position of Petroleum Minister.

"It has no basis in law, logic, and politics."

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