An Anambra State-based constitutional lawyer, Dr Nwafili Okwuosa, in a suit number FHC/AWKCS/27/ 2021, have asked the high court to stop General Yakubu Gowon, General Olusegun Obasanjo, General Abdusalami Abubakar, and Chief Ernest Shonekan from participating and collecting emoluments as members of the Council of State.
Okwuosa stated that according to the Constitution, the former military Heads of State are not entitled to lifelong pension, emoluments, allowance, perks or whatsoever under the prevailing order, and asked that they return all they have collected as members of the Council of State.
After hearing the prayers, the presiding judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, adjourned the case to June 15, 2022, for hearing and ordered the plaintiff to serve the defendants with pre-notice information.
