{"id":35447,"date":"2021-01-21T17:38:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=35447"},"modified":"2021-01-21T16:47:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T16:47:05","slug":"nddc-abuja-court-reinstates-pondei-led-imc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nddc-abuja-court-reinstates-pondei-led-imc","title":{"rendered":"NDDC: Abuja court reinstates Pondei-led IMC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>An Abuja Federal High Court has reinstated the Prof. Daniel Pondei-led Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.<\/p>\n

A judgement delivered by Justice A.R. Mohammed struck out the lawsuit against the IMC by the Incorporated Trustees of Forum for Accountability and Good Governance on January 13, 2021.<\/p>\n

The court refuted reports that it sacked the Pondei-led IMC.<\/p>\n

Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had on December 12, 2020 sacked the NDDC IMC.<\/p>\n

Buhari had ordered NDDC IMC to step aside for an interim sole administrator to take over the affairs of the Commission on the strength of the court injunction.<\/p>\n

However, the Justice Muhammed-led Court insisted that the NDDC IMC was never dismissed.<\/p>\n

The court stated that, \u201cthat there was no order for interim injunction (against the IMC) granted by this court\u201d.<\/p>\n

The court also ordered in suit number FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/617\/2020 that two media houses correct the misleading story.<\/p>\n

Court papers sighted by our correspondent explained that the leave sought by the plaintiffs did not amount to an injunction but a permission to sue which was allowed but now stands struck out by subsequent findings of the court in January, 2021.<\/p>\n

Despite the latest position of the court, it is not clear if President Buhari would reinstate the Prof Pondei-led IMC of NDDC since the president was earlier advised by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to sack the interim management.<\/p>\n

However, sources hinted that the Presidency might be working to act on the latest judgement of the court since it has been entered into the records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. An Abuja Federal High Court has reinstated the Prof. Daniel Pondei-led Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. A judgement delivered by Justice A.R. Mohammed struck out the lawsuit against the IMC by the Incorporated Trustees of Forum for Accountability and Good Governance on January 13, 2021. 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