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Apart from organising peaceful rallies, street demonstrations against military dictatorship using his own personal resources, he utilises the due process of the law and the machinery of justice to challenge what he perceives as illegal and unconstitutional
policies, activities, and self-serving programmes of several
governments which he considers inimical to the interest of the nation and the people of the country. He has filed more than three hundred of such cases in court. Some examples are as follows:
Suit No. M/87/88
- Chief Gani Fawehinmi v. Akilu & Anor
An action to compel the Director of Public Prosecution of Lagos State to charge to Court Col. Halilu Akilu and
Lt. Col. A.K. Togun (both top security officers in the
government of General Babangida) for conspiracy to
murder and the murder of Dele Giwa, the Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch Magazine.
Suit No. FHC/L/CS/54/92
- Chief Gani Fawehinmi & Anor. v. N.N.P.C & 4 Ors.
An action to force General Babangida’s Military
Government to render an account of all export earnings
realised by Nigeria from the sale of Crude Oil during the Gulf War in 1991.
Suit No. LD/1092/92
- Chief Gani Fawehinmi v. Babangida & Ors
An action to challenge the use of public funds by the wife of the Head of State for activities not recognised by law.
Suit No. CS/53/92
- Chief Gani Fawehinmi v. Central Bank of Nigeria & 4 Ors
An action challenging the illegal 100% devaluation of Nigerian currency on March 5, 1992.
Suit No. FHC/L/CS/67/92
- Chief Gani Fawehinmi v. Gado Nasko & Anor
An action to compel the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and the Federal Capital Territory Authority to render account of all public funds received and expended by them between 1975 and 1992 which hitherto they had not rendered.
Suit No. M/132/93
- Chief Gani Fawehinmi v. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida
An action to challenge the illegality, illogicality,
uncertainty, absurdity and incongruity contained in a number of decrees made by General Babangida which showed that some decrees had the same number with different dates and different titles.
Suit No. ID/2619/93
- Chief Gani Fawehinmi v. Shonekan
An action challenging the Interim National Government of Shonekan and exposing the unconstitutionality of his illegal regime.
Suit No. M/551/93
- Chief Gani Fawehinmi v. Attorney General of the
Federation.
An action calling the court’s attention to the illegality of General Babangida’s signing a decree into law after he had ceased to be a Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
Suit No. FHC/L/CS/70/94
- Chief Gani Fawehinmi v. General Sani Abacha
An action to challenge the unconstitutional and
disproportionate composition of the Provisional Ruling
Council by General Sani Abacha substantially
excluding the Ibos and the minorities in Eastern Nigeria
from the Provisional Ruling Council which was the
highest legislative and executive arm of the Federal
Government.
Suit No. FHC/C/CS/458/94
- Chief Gani Fawehinmi v. General Sani Abacha
An action to compel General Abacha and all the public officers in his Military Regime to publicly declare their assets to enable the Nigerian people know the extent of corruption in public places.
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