Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) over its failure to investigate an alleged abuse of office in the National Assembly regarding the amendments to the Electoral Act and tax reform laws.
“Public officers hold their offices in trust for the people and must not deploy official power for personal or sectional advantage,” SERAP said in a statement on Sunday.
In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/634/2026, SERAP is seeking an order of mandamus to compel the CCB to immediately probe lawmakers and executive officials involved in the processes.
SERAP specifically wants the CCB to investigate claims that critical provisions on electronic transmission of election results were secretly removed from the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, as well as alleged discrepancies between the tax reform bills passed by the National Assembly and the versions signed into law.
The group is also asking the CCB to refer any public officers found guilty of violating the Code of Conduct to the Code of Conduct Tribunal for prosecution.
No date has been fixed for the hearing.
The statement reads, “We’re also seeking an order of mandamus to direct and compel @CCBNigeria to probe the allegations that certain lawmakers and officers of the executive branch unlawfully altered some aspects of the tax reform bills, which resulted in differences between the tax laws passed by lawmakers and the gazetted copy available to the public.”
SERAP emphasised that granting the reliefs sought would help address critical concerns relating to conflict of interest, abuse of office, non-disclosure of interests, and reinforce adherence to due process.
The group added that, “It would serve to curb the erosion of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers in the exercise of legislative powers.”
“Where lawmaking is shaped by abuse of office and conflict of interest, it ceases to be a legitimate exercise of constitutional and fiduciary responsibility and becomes a legal and ethical infraction prohibited under the Code of Conduct for Public Officers,” the statement concluded.
