Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said the federal government would obey the Supreme Court ruling against the banning of the old naira notes.
Malami however noted that the government would take necessary steps to set aside the interim order.
The Supreme Court had, in a ruling on Wednesday, suspended the CBN’s February 10 deadline for demonetisation policy and fixed February 15 for a hearing on the matter.
The AGF clarified that the federal government, out of its regard for the rule of law, would abide by the order of the apex court, even though it intended to challenge it and would do so within the provisions of the law.
