The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit in the Federal High Court, Lagos, against the Code of Conduct Bureau over its claim that it could not disclose details of asset declarations submitted to it by successive presidents and state governors since 1999.

The CCB had last week refused a Freedom of Information request by SERAP, stating that Asset declaration form is private information, and doing so would offend the right to privacy of presidents and state governors.

But in the suit filed last Friday, SERAP argued that Asset declarations of presidents and state governors submitted to the CCB are public documents.