The Supreme Court has insisted that the dispute over the naira redesign and swap policy be decided today.
The seven-member panel led by Justice Inyang Okoro said new parties wishing to join the suit would no longer be allowed.
He said new parties would either abide by the outcome of the existing suits or file a new one after the determination of the present suit, but that the matter must be determined today.
Daily Trust reports Justice Amina Augie saying, “You may file a fresh suit after this suit.”
They were responding to an application by the Attorney General of Abia State seeking to join the suit as a separate suit similar to the one earlier brought by the Rivers State Government through its counsel, Emmanuel Ukala (SAN).
The panel was, therefore, consolidated by the Rivers State Government alongside other suits.
After announcing that 11 states had been consolidated as co-plaintiffs, alongside Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara states, the panel then began to hear the existing matter.
Bayelsa and Edo states remain co-defendant states on the side of the federal government.
