Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court who declared the deductions as unconstitutional, ordered that all money deducted from the Federation Account belonging to Rivers State be refunded to the state.
He made the pronouncement in a judgment on a suit filed by the Rivers State Government against the Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice; the Accountant General of the Federation; the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, and Federal Ministry of Finance.
You may recall that the Rivers State Government through its Attorney General had approached the court wherein it sought an order stopping the deduction of funds from the Federation Account for the funding of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund scheme.
The State Government had contended that it was not the responsibility of the State governments but that of the Federal Government to fund the Police.
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