In the suit filed in Abuja, Edema was seeking an order of the court to declare illegal, null and void, the list of the Niger Delta Development Commission board members sent by Jonathan to the Senate last week.
He also sought a declaration of the court that the people of the oil producing area of Ondo State deserved the position of an executive director in the new board of the NDDC, being the fifth largest oil producing state in the country.
Edema, therefore, asked the court to restrain Mark and the Senate from screening or confirming the list of the board sent to it by the President.
He further asked the court to prevent the Senate from considering or screening any list that might be sent to the Senate by Jonathan in future, which would not include the name of an Ondo State indigene as an executive director in the proposed NDDC board.The lawmaker also prayed the court to restrain the President from inaugurating the nominees contained in the NDDC list before the Senate without the inclusion of an indigene of the oil producing areas of Ondo State as either the managing director or an executive director.
Edema supported his originating summons with a 26-paragraph affidavit.
No date has been fixed for hearing.
It will be recalled that Jonathan, in a letter to Mark last Wednesday, urged the Senate to approve the appointment of Senator Bassey Ewa-Henshaw from Akwa Ibom State as the chairman of the proposed NDDC board and Mr. Bassey Dan-Abia as the Managing Director.
Jonathan also named Mr. Itotenaan Ogiri as Executive Director, Finance and Administration; Mr. Tuoyo Omatsulu as Executive Director, projects; while Mr. Olorungbonju Enikuomehin was nominated as the Ondo State representative on the board.
Ondo lawmaker sues Jonathan, Senate over NDDC board
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