The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit instituted by some state Attorneys General, on behalf of their state governors, challenging the establishment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act.
The suit, which was initially instituted by attorneys general of 16 states, sought the scrapping of the anti-graft agency.
While some states withdrew from the suit, some others asked to be joined as co-plaintiffs.
The state governments, in their suit, had argued that the Supreme Court, in Dr Joseph Nwobike Vs Federal Republic of Nigeria, held that it was a United Nations Convention against corruption that was reduced into the EFCC Establishment Act and that in enacting the law in 2004, the provision of Section 12 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, was not followed.
They argued that in bringing a convention into Nigerian law, the provision of Section 12 must be complied with.
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