The children of late head of state, General Sani Abacha, have in a written submission on Thursday in support of an earlier originating summons before the Federal HighCourt Kaduna, urging the court to declare as unconstitutional the decision of the Federal Government to invite Swiss judicial officers to take evidence from witnesses in Nigeria over proceedings against them in Switzerland.
Alhaji Mohammed Abacha and Alhaji Abba Abacha said the last week�s sitting of a Swiss court in Abuja was nothing but the � re-colonisation of Nigeria.�
The court had fixed theApril 9 to begin hearing in the matter.
Last week, the Princely Court of Liechtenstein met in the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) to take evidence from some Nigerian witnesses in a case of money laundering instituted against the Abacha family by the Swiss authorities.
But according to the submission filed by Reuben Atabo, on behalf of the Abacha family, �the Princely Court of Liechtenstein cannot sit in Nigeria as a competent court of jurisdiction.�
Atabo argued that the Princely court of justice is not listed among the courts contained in section 6 of the Nigerian Constitution, adding that �it does not even contemplate the said court. The sitting of the said Princely Court of Justice in Nigeria is an illegality as it violates Section 6 [4] which authorizes the National Assembly to establish any other court.�
�We submit that there is no treaty between Nigeria and any country in the world authorizing foreign judicial officers to come to Nigeria and conduct court proceedings in Nigeria.�