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The Centre for Law and Civil Culture (CLCC) has filed a suit against the Federal Government following the government’s refusal to accede to its requests on continued retention of the service chiefs in office, asking the court to declare as illegal their continued stay in office.
The suit which was filed pursuant to Section 20 of the Freedom of Information Act And Order 34 Rules 1, 3(1), 2 And (6)(B) of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2009 and the Court’s Inherent jurisdiction is seeking for an order of mandamus to compel the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to accede to its freedom of information’s request seeking to know the propriety and /or otherwise of the elongations of years of service of the service chiefs.