The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, and the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) to court over the alleged disappearance of ₦18.6 billion earmarked for the NASC office complex in Abuja.

The lawsuit (FHC/ABJ/CS/2457/2025) follows damning findings in the 2022 Auditor-General’s Annual Report, released in September 2025, which flagged the entire project spending as “unjustified, unsupported, and unaccounted for.”

Key Allegations in the Auditor-General’s Report

  • Over ₦11.6bn was paid in 2020 to an unknown construction company.

  • A further ₦6.9bn was released in 2023 as alleged contract “inflation.”

  • Both payments were reportedly made without a Bill of Quantities, no needs assessment, no public advertising, no competitive bidding, and no Federal Executive Council approval.

The report warned that the entire ₦18.6bn may have been diverted or stolen.

What SERAP Wants

The organisation is asking the court to order Akpabio, Abbas, and the NASC to:

  • Explain how the ₦18.6bn was spent.

  • Disclose the identity of the “fictitious construction company.”

  • Release all documents relating to the award, execution, and payment of the project.

SERAP says the alleged diversion represents a severe breach of public trust and violates Nigerians’ constitutional right to transparency and accountability in public spending.