The Supreme Court has fixed January 17, 2022 to hear the application challenging the jurisdiction of the court and the main suit, in the case instituted by the Rivers State Government, seeking to stop the Federal Government from ceding 17 oil wells in the state, to Imo State.
The seven-man panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, fixed the date after counsels to the Attorney General of the Federation, and Imo State, Remi Olatubora (SAN) and Olushola Oke (SAN), told the court that they had two motions challenging the competence of the suit and the court’s jurisdiction.
According to them, they believe these motions, ought to take precedence over the main suit.
The legal team to the Rivers State Government however told the court their summons for direction by the court in streamlining the various applications, ought to take precedent.
He suggested that the motions by the Imo State Government should be heard with the main suit.
Rivers State had taken the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and the Imo State Government, before the apex court.
The oil-rich state had sought a declaration that the boundary between Rivers and the Imo States, as delineated on Nigeria’s administrative map and other maps bearing similar delineations, are inaccurate and do not represent the legitimate boundaries between both states.
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