A team of Igbo leaders under the aegis of the Alaigbo Development
Forum (ADF) has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Army
Staff to court over the on-going military operation in the South-East,
code-named ‘Python Dance II.’
The suit filed at the Federal High Court, Enugu Thursday is asking
the court to order the immediate withdrawal of the soldiers of the
Nigerian Army in the South East of Nigeria on an operation for one
month.
The suit which was filed on Thursday 14th, 2017 by a team of seven lawyers led by Max Ozoaka
seeks a declaration that the action of the Defendants, especially the
1st Defendant (Buhari), in calling out, operationally engaging or
deploying the armed forces of the Federation to the south eastern part
of the country is illegal, unconstitutional, null and void and of no
effect whatsoever.
The action anchored on the premise that the deployment of the
soldiers was illegal for the fact that there was no anarchy in the
region to warrant the action.