The applicants in the suit are the Chairman of NULGE, Ibrahim Muhd, Ibrahim Uba Shehu, Ibrahim Shehu Abubakar, Usman Isa, Sarki Alhaji Kurawa and Malam Usman Imam.

The applicants, through their counsel, Mr Bashir Yusuf-Muhammad, filed a motion ex-parte dated Nov.1, seeking the court to restrain the respondents from withholding or delaying allocations essential for local governance in the State.

The respondents are: the Accountant-General of the Federation(AGF), CBN, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission,(RMAFC) , the 44 Kano Local Government’s, UBA, Access and six other commercial banks.

Counsel to the 44 Local Governments, Ibrahim Isa-Wangida, holding brief for Eyitayo Fatogun, SAN, did not oppose the plaintiff’s application, adding that the disbursement of LG allocations should not be truncated.

Responding, Counsel to  CBN, Mr Ganiyu Ajape, filed notice of preliminary objection dated Nov.14, 2024 pursuant to order 8 rules (1)(2) of the fundamental rights.

He urged the court to strike out the name of CBN in the suit for lacking jurisdiction to entertain the matter and not to grant the applicants relief.

Counsel to United Bank of Africa, Keystone Bank, Mr A B Emmanuel and also a counsel to Guarantee Trust Bank, holding brief for Mr Faruk Asekome, urged the court to strike out their client’s name with a substantial cost.

“My Lord, there is no reasonable cause of action disclosed against our bank. We have no role in the disbursement of Local Government allocations,” Emmanuel argued.

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