President Goodluck Jonathan Dragged to Court by Unilag Students
President Goodluck Jonathan have been sued to the Federal High Court in Lagos by the students of UNILAG, the hearing have been fixed for july 10, 2012.Justice Mohammed Liman is in charge of the hearing.
The students are seeking a declaration that power to change or amend the name of University of Lagos, being a corporate body having perpetual succession with common seal as provided under the University of Lagos Act 1967(as amended), belongs to the National Assembly.
The students tendered this two key points before the court:
1.whether the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in his capacity as the visitor to University of Lagos has the power under the University of Lagos Act, 1967, to unilaterally change the name of the institution to Moshood Abiola University.
2.Whether the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the exercise of the executive powers of the federation vested in him in Section 5 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria can unilaterally change the name of University of Lagos without recourse to the National Assembly.
The students who filed the suit are Sunday Asaolu, Julius Ayoola, Idowu Odumosu, Seyi Olowu and Oladapo Obasa, Idowu Awopeju, Adebanjo Sunday, Femi Omotosho, Segun Ogunjobi and Aiyelabola.
President Goodluck Jonathan Dragged to Court by Unilag Students
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