Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to immediately reverse the second increase in petrol prices in one month, pending the hearing and determination of the suit before the Federal High Court, Abuja challenging the legality of the powers of the NNPCL to increase petrol prices.”
SERAP had last month filed a lawsuit against the president and NNPCL “over the failure to reverse the apparently unlawful increase in the pump price of petrol, and to probe the allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the NNPCL.”
In the open letter dated October 12, 2024 and signed by SERAP’s deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: “The latest increase in petrol prices makes a mockery of the case pending before the Federal High Court, and creates a risk that the course of justice will be seriously impeded or prejudiced in this case.
“One of the fundamental principles of the rule of law is that it applies to everyone, including presidents and CEOs of public institutions.
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“It is in the public interest to keep the streams of justice clear and pure, and to maintain the authority and integrity of the court in the case.”
“If not immediately reversed, the latest increase in petrol prices would seriously undermine the integrity of the Nigerian constitution and have serious consequences for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged Nigerians and the public interest.”
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