A chieftain of the Labour Party, Chief Abayomi Arabambi, has instituted a suit against the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) over its alleged refusal to release certified copies of asset declaration documents submitted by Peter Obi during his tenure as Governor of Anambra State.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2504/2026, was filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on October 15, 2026. Other respondents include the CCB chairman, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Arabambi is asking the court to compel the bureau to release Obi’s asset declaration forms and accompanying documents submitted in 2006, before he assumed office as governor, and in 2014, at the end of his tenure.
Through his lawyers, Arabambi said he submitted requests to the CCB on August 31 and October 8, 2026, under the Freedom of Information Act, 2011. He is challenging the bureau’s response, which was conveyed in a letter dated September 17 and received on September 25.
The plaintiff is also seeking court declarations on the obligations of the National Assembly leadership to establish guidelines for public access to asset declaration records.
Among the reliefs requested is an order of mandamus compelling the CCB to provide certified true copies of the documents, subject to the court’s consideration of the applicable law and grounds for withholding the information.
Obi served as Governor of Anambra State from March 17, 2006, to March 17, 2014, under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). He is now the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the case. The allegations concerning the bureau’s refusal and the plaintiff’s legal arguments remain before the court.
