The Clerk to the National Assembly, Barrister Kamoru Ogunlana, has said that the National Assembly bureaucracy will appeal the recent judgment of the Federal High Court in Lagos which declared unlawful the ₦110 billion expenditure incurred on vehicles and support allowances for federal lawmakers.
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Ogunlana disclosed this on Sunday while responding to inquiries on the judgment delivered in a suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project.
He said the National Assembly bureaucracy was represented during the hearing, but maintained that the judgment, which was delivered in an originating summons proceeding, was declaratory in nature.
According to him, the case will be appealed because the decision was allegedly based on extraneous issues and not on established facts.
“The matter was initiated under originating summons. Judgment was declaratory,” he said.
“The case shall be appealed because it was based on extraneous issues, not on any established facts.”
Ogunlana further stated that the funds in question were duly appropriated by the 9th National Assembly for the statutory entitlements of members of the 10th National Assembly.
His response followed a seven-day ultimatum issued by SERAP to the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, demanding the refund of ₦110 billion allegedly spent on vehicles and support allowances for federal lawmakers.
The demand was based on the judgment of Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, in suit number FHC/L/CS/1606/2023.
The court had declared the National Assembly’s spending of ₦40 billion on 465 vehicles and ₦70 billion as support allowances for newly elected lawmakers unlawful.
Justice Bogoro held that the expenditure breached the Public Procurement Act, constitutional obligations and public trust.
In a letter dated June 20, 2026, SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, urged Akpabio and Abbas to ensure that lawmakers refund and return to the public treasury all monies, allowances and benefits derived from the ₦110 billion vehicle procurement and support allowance schemes.
SERAP argued that allowing lawmakers to retain benefits from expenditure declared unlawful by a court would violate Section 15(5) of the 1999 Constitution, which requires the State to abolish corrupt practices and abuse of power.
“No public official should be permitted to retain benefits obtained through conduct that has been judicially determined to be unlawful and unconstitutional,” SERAP said.
The organisation said Justice Bogoro found that the schemes were tainted by self-dealing, conflict of interest and failure to prioritise the national interest.
According to SERAP, the court also held that the procurement violated the Code of Conduct for Public Officers, constitutional oaths of office and principles of transparency, accountability and value for money.
Beyond the demand for refund, SERAP urged the National Assembly to establish compliance mechanisms to ensure that future procurements comply with due process, transparency and value-for-money standards.
It also called for public hearings on lawmakers’ budgets during every budget cycle and the proactive publication of detailed budgetary and expenditure information to strengthen public confidence and participation.
The planned appeal by the National Assembly bureaucracy is expected to challenge the basis of the judgment and the findings relating to the expenditure.
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