{"id":73986,"date":"2020-06-07T16:32:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T15:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=73986"},"modified":"2020-06-07T16:32:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T15:32:42","slug":"serap-asks-court-of-appeal-to-order-release-of-asset-declarations-of-buhari-osinbajo-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/serap-asks-court-of-appeal-to-order-release-of-asset-declarations-of-buhari-osinbajo-others\/","title":{"rendered":"SERAP asks Court of Appeal to order release of asset declarations of Buhari, Osinbajo, others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-874804925100507607\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the<br \/>\nCourt of Appeal sitting in Lagos to set aside a judgment of a Federal<br \/>\nHigh Court and to order public disclosure of asset declaration details<br \/>\nsubmitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) by President Muhammadu<br \/>\nBuhari, Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, governors and their<br \/>\ndeputies and other politicians since 1999.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had on Monday, May 11, 2020,<br \/>\ndismissed the application filed by SERAP seeking &#8220;an order of mandamus<br \/>\nto direct and compel the CCB to make available to the public specific<br \/>\ndetails of asset declarations submitted to it by successive presidents,<br \/>\nvice-presidents, senate presidents, speakers of House of<br \/>\nRepresentatives, state governors and their deputies since 1999.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Justice Muslim Hassan declined the prayers, holding that, &#8220;I agree with<br \/>\nthe CCB that the duty to make the asset declaration form of public<br \/>\nofficers available is dependent upon the terms and conditions to be<br \/>\nproscribed by the National Assembly. The terms and conditions must be<br \/>\nspecific and related to asset declaration of public officers and not<br \/>\nlegislation of general nature such as the Freedom of Information Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SERAP in the appeal filed last week contended that, &#8220;The learned trial<br \/>\njudge misinterpreted the provision and purport of paragraph 3[c], Third<br \/>\nSchedule, Part 1 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended). The<br \/>\njudge did not consider that the Freedom of information was enacted by<br \/>\nthe National Assembly in 2011 to grant public access to public<br \/>\ndocuments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SERAP also argued that, &#8220;The learned trial Judge erred in law by holding<br \/>\nthat the Freedom of information Act is a legislation of general nature<br \/>\nin relation to public access to asset declaration forms of public<br \/>\nofficers. The judge erred in law when he held that SERAP&#8217;s application<br \/>\n&#8216;is unmeritorious and it is accordingly dismissed.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SERAP also contended that, &#8220;the learned trial judge failed to apply the<br \/>\nprovisions of Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples&#8217;<br \/>\nRights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Cap A9 Laws of the Federation<br \/>\nof Nigeria 2004, which allows access to public documents to the facts of<br \/>\nthis case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to SERAP, &#8220;The failure or refusal by the CCB to provide the<br \/>\ninformation requested by SERAP constitutes a violation of their right to<br \/>\nfreedom of information guaranteed by Article 9 of the African Charter on<br \/>\nHuman and Peoples&#8217; Rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The appeal filed on SERAP&#8217;s behalf by its lawyers Kolawole Oluwadare,<br \/>\nOpeyemi Owolabi and Adelanke Aremo, read in part: &#8220;The learned trial<br \/>\njudge failed to determine whether the asset declaration forms kept in<br \/>\nthe records of the CCB are public documents. The judge failed to<br \/>\ndetermine whether the public interest in disclosing the information<br \/>\noutweighs whatever injury that the disclosure would cause the CCB and<br \/>\npublic officers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The learned trial judge erred in law when His Lordship failed to<br \/>\ndetermine the real questions in issue in the suit. The judge failed to<br \/>\ndetermine whether SERAP&#8217;s freedom of information request falls within<br \/>\nthe purview of those exempted under the Freedom of Information Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Asset declaration forms submitted by public officers are public<br \/>\ndocuments in the custody of the CCB. The CCB is under a legal obligation<br \/>\nto provide the information requested by SERAP in accordance with the<br \/>\nprovisions of the Freedom of Information Act, and the African Charter on<br \/>\nHuman and Peoples&#8217; Rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SERAP is therefore seeking &#8220;an order allowing the Appeal, and setting<br \/>\naside the judgement of the Honourable Justice Muslim Hassan delivered on<br \/>\nMonday, 11th May, 2020.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SERAP is also asking the Court of Appeal for &#8220;an order granting all the<br \/>\nreliefs sought by the Appellant in the Appellant&#8217;s motion on notice<br \/>\ndated 4th October 2019 before the lower court including an order of<br \/>\nmandamus directing and compelling the CCB to publish details of asset<br \/>\ndeclarations as prayed; and a declaration that the failure of the CCB to<br \/>\npublish the asset declarations amounts to a breach of legal obligation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SERAP is asking the Court of Appeal for &#8220;a declaration that the failure<br \/>\nof the CCB to provide specific documents and information on the number<br \/>\nof asset declarations so far verified by it, and the number of those<br \/>\ndeclarations found to be false and deemed to be in breach of the Code of<br \/>\nConduct for Public Officers by the Bureau violates the Freedom of<br \/>\nInformation Act and the African Charter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SERAP is also seeking an &#8220;order of mandamus directing and compelling the<br \/>\nCCB to immediately take cases of false asset declarations to the Code of<br \/>\nConduct Tribunal for effective prosecution of suspects, and include<br \/>\nbanning the politicians involved from holding public offices for at<br \/>\nleast a period of 10 years and seeking refund of stolen public funds as<br \/>\npart of the reliefs to be sought before the Tribunal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SERAP is asking for &#8220;any other relief or reliefs the Court of Appeal may<br \/>\ndeem fit to grant in the circumstances and pursuant to its inherent<br \/>\npowers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that SERAP had in suit number FHC\/L\/CS\/1019\/2019<br \/>\nargued: &#8220;Asset declarations of presidents and state governors submitted<br \/>\nto the CCB are public documents. Public interest in disclosure of the<br \/>\ndetails of asset declarations clearly outweighs any claim of protection<br \/>\nof the privacy of presidents and state governors, as they are public<br \/>\nofficers entrusted with the duty to manage public funds, among other<br \/>\npublic functions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The suit, read in part: &#8220;A necessary implication of the rule of law is<br \/>\nthat a public institution like the CCB can only act in accordance with<br \/>\nthe law, as to do otherwise may enthrone arbitrariness. The CCB does not<br \/>\nhave reasonable grounds on which to deny SERAP&#8217;s FOI request, as it is<br \/>\nin the interest of justice, the Nigerian public, transparency and<br \/>\naccountability to publish details of asset declarations by presidents<br \/>\nand state governors since the return of democracy in 1999.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Disclosing details of asset declarations of public officers such as<br \/>\npresidents and state governors would improve public trust in the ability<br \/>\nof the CCB to effectively discharge its mandate. This would in turn put<br \/>\npressure on public officers like presidents and state governors to make<br \/>\nvoluntary public declaration of their assets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Democracy cannot flourish if governments operate in secrecy, no matter<br \/>\nhow much open discussion and debate is allowed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No date has been fixed for the hearing of the appeal.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos to set aside a judgment of a Federal High Court and to order public disclosure&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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