ECOWAS court cancels suit for creation of 6th state in Southeast Nigeria The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Nigeria over the non-creation of a sixth state in the Southeast geopolitical zone, unlike other regions. The lawsuit, which was filed by a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Incorporated Trustees of the Prince and Princess Charles Offokaja Foundation, under suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/32/23, argued that Nigeria’s failure to establish a sixth state in the South-East was discriminatory, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports The NGO claimed this omission...