The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday restored Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, as the non-executive Chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited.
The Court which declared Arume’s sack as illegal also awarded N5 billion damage against President Muhammadu Buhari.
The APC Chieftain had sued the president over his removal on January 17, 2023 praying the Court to declare his removal as the NNPCL chief illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional and that it was a total breach of CAMA law under which the NNPCL was incorporated.
Furthermore, he prayed the court to issue an order to return him to office and also demanded N100 billion as compensation for the damages he suffered nationally and internationally.
In the judgement, Justice Inyang Ekwo, declared Arume’s sack as illegal and awarded N5bn as damages against President Buhari and the NNPCL, for the disruption of Arume’s appointment on the ground that the action of the President was arbitrary, unlawful and illegal.
Furthermore, justice Inyang ordered that Ararume be immediately restored to office as the non-executive chairman of the NNPCL.
Justice Iyang ruled that President Buhari acted in a wrongful and illegal manner hence the reason for the judgement
