For failure to declare their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), the Network Against Corruption and Trafficking Foundation (NACAT) has instituted an action at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Folashodun Shonubi and a Deputy Governor of the CBN, Edward Adamu.
Also joined as a defendant in the suit filed by the group’s legal counsel, Festus Keyamo Chambers, is the Chairman, of the Code of Conduct Bureau.
The applicant premised the suit on the strength of Section 1(1) and (2) of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011.
Essentially, the group in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/ CS/1182/2023 dated August 25, 2023, is requesting for the documents wherein Shonubi deliberately refused to declare interest in the following companies: Intameks Ltd– RC13086; Kirby’s Place Resources Ltd – RC1215845; The Pekaboo Company Ltd – RC1395011; Ehlkuhile Investment Ltd– RC857442; Iscopeng Ltd – RC1431044; and Kilima Technologies Ltd – RC1218250.
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