Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) over the failure to investigate allegations of alterations in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill and the Tax Reform Bills.

It had been alleged that certain lawmakers improperly removed key sections on electronic transmission of election results from the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill during plenary and unlawfully altered some aspects of the tax reform bills.

In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/634/2026 filed last week at the Federal High Court in Abuja, SERAP is seeking an order of mandamus to direct and compel the CCB to probe the allegations that certain lawmakers improperly removed key sections on electronic transmission of election results from the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill.

SERAP is also seeking an order of mandamus to direct and compel the CCB to probe the allegations that certain lawmakers and officers of the executive branch unlawfully altered some aspects of the tax reform bills, which resulted in differences between the tax laws passed by lawmakers and the gazette copy available to the public.

SERAP is also arguing that the Code of Conduct for Public Officers is a constitutional imperative designed to ensure probity, accountability and transparency in public life.

In the suit filed on behalf of SERAP by its lawyers Kolawole Oluwadare, Kehinde Oyewumi, and Andrew Nwankwo, the body stated: “Public officers are bound by constitutional standards of conduct, and breach of such standards ought to attract constitutional consequences.

Citing Paragraph One of the Fifth Schedule to the Nigerian Constitution 1999 (as amended), SERAP stated that it prohibits public officers from placing themselves in situations where personal interests conflict with official duties.