Before Their Lordships
MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD - Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE - Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
EJEMBI EKO - Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI - Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU - Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
ADAMU JAURO - Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
EMMANUEL AKOMAYE AGIM - Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Between
1. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, ABIA STATE
2. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, ADAMAWA STATE
3. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, AKWA-IBOM STATE
4. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, ANAMBRA STATE
5. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, BAUCHI STATE
6. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, BAYELSA STATE
7. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, BENUE STATE
8. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, BORNO STATE
9. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, CROSS-RIVER STATE
10. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, DELTA STATE
11. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, EBONYI STATE
12. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, EDO STATE
13. HON. AITORNEY GENERAL, EKITI STATE
14. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, ENUGU STATE
15. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, GOMBE STATE
16. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, IMO STATE
17. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, JIGAWA STATE
18. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, KADUNA STATE
19. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, KANO STATE
20. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, KATSINA STATE
21. HON. AITORNEY GENERAL, KEBBI STATE
22. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, KOGI STATE
23. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, KWARA STATE
24. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, LAGOS STATE
25. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, NASARAWA STATE
26. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, NIGER STATE
27. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, OGUN STATE
28. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, ONDO STATE
29. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, OSUN STATE
30. HON. AITORNEY GENREAL, OYO STATE
31. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, PLATEAU STATE
32. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, RIVERS STATE
33. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, SOKOTO STATE
34. HON. AITORNEY GENERAL, TARABA STATE
35. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, YOBE STATE
36. HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, ZAMFARA STATE - Appellants
And
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION - Respondent
MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment) : By their Originating Summons filed on the 17th September 2020, the plaintiffs seek answers from this Court to the following questions:-
