number FHC/L/CS/196/2015 brought by
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability
Project (SERAP) a Federal High Court has
ordered Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to
provide information on the spending of the
alleged missing N30 trillion.
According to a report by Vanguard Newspaper,
the High Court sitting in Lagos ordered Okonjo-
Iweala and the Federal Government under ex-
President Goodluck Jonathan to provide the
information as requested by SERAP.
The judgment, delivered by Hon Justice Ibrahim
Buba, was instituted in 2015 after revelations by
the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN), Charles Soludo, alleged that at least N30
trillion "has either been stolen or unaccounted
for, or grossly mismanaged over the last few
years under the Coordinating Minister of the
Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala's watch."
In his judgement, Justice Buba said the former
minister and the Federal Government have no
legally justifiable reason for refusing to provide
SERAP with the information requested for.
Granting SERAP's prayers as applied, Okonjo-
Iweala has been ordered to either supply the
information requested by SERAP or communicate
her denial within 7 days of receipt of the letter
from SERAP if she considers that the request
should be denied.
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