By RismadarVoice Media
December 14, 2025
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to initiate contempt proceedings against the Attorney General of the Federation, Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, over his alleged failure to enforce a court judgment concerning the misappropriation of ₦6trillion at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
In a letter dated December 13, SERAP urged the Attorney General to immediately enforce a judgment delivered on November 10, 2025, by Justice Gladys Olotu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a Freedom of Information (FOI) suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1360/2021.
According asserting the judgment, SERAP said the court ordered Fagbemi and President Bola Tinubu to widely publish the names of individuals indicted in the alleged misappropriation of ₦6 trillion meant for the execution of 13,777 abandoned NDDC projects between 2000 and 2019.
The court also directed the federal government to publish the NDDC forensic audit report submitted on September 2, 2021.
In a statement signed and released on Sunday by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Mr Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization said the continued failure to comply with the judgment“ makes a mockery of the country’s legal and judicial processes and the rule of law.”
SERAP cited Section 287(1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which mandates that court judgments “shall be enforced in any part of the Federation by all authorities, persons,” warning that non-compliance constitutes a fundamental breach of the Constitution.
“Justice Olotu’s judgment is not advisory – it is final, binding, and immediately enforceable against you and President Bola Tinubu,” the letter stated.
SERAP further noted that failure to implement the judgment perpetuates corruption and impunity within ministries, departments, agencies, while undermining Nigeria’s international human rights obligations.
The organization gave the Attorney General seven days to comply with the judgment, warning that failure to do so would compel it to initiate contempt proceedings to enforce obedience to the rule of law.
“We would be grateful if the recommended measures are taken within seven days of the receipt and/or publication of this letter. If we have not heard from you by then, SERAP shall consider pursuing contempt proceedings against you, compelling you to uphold the Nigerian Constitution and the rule of law,” it said.
