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Withdrawal of N2.2 Trillion from Federation Account - Court Rules on RMFAC Suit Oct. 23.

Vanguard (Nigeria)

| July 31, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 AllAfrica Global Media. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday fixed October 23, this year for judgment in a suit by the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission (RMFAC) challenging ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo-led Federal Government over illegal deduction of a whopping sum of N2.2 trillion from the Federation Account, in two years, contrary to the provisions of the 1999 constitution.

The trial high court judge, Justice Adamu Bello, fixed the date for judgment yesterday after parties in the case adopted their written addresses in the matter.

RMFAC, Vanguard recalls, had dragged the Federal Government to court over what it called the breach of the 1999 constitution by its deduction of about N2.2trillion from the …

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