A legal group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos seeking to halt the procurement and delivery of 360 sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for members of the House of Representatives.
The group’s applications for interim and interlocutory injunctions followed reports of lawmakers set to procure SUVs valued at N57.6 billion, with each SUV costing taxpayers at least N160 million.
SERAP filed the applications last week, requesting the court to restrain the National Assembly from procuring, taking delivery, and distributing the SUVs to its members until the hearing and determination of legal proceedings challenging the expenditure.
In August, SERAP filed a suit challenging the legality of the National Assembly’s spending on exotic and bulletproof cars for its members.
The organization also sent an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, urging him to intervene and prevent members from taking delivery of the SUVs.
The letter emphasized that allowing the procurement to proceed would undermine the rule of law and prejudice the pending legal suit, hindering the court’s ability to administer justice.
