A High Court of the (FCT), Abuja has restrained the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) from imposing, levying and or collecting sewage and refuse disposal levies from NIPCO Plc or from any person or corporate body within Abuja Municipal Area Council.

Justice Olukayode Adeniyi issued the order of perpetual injunction restraining Abuja Environmental Protection Board while delivering judgment filed by NIPCO Plc through its lawyers, Chief Paul Obi (with Ify Ikeatuegwu), against the environmental board of the FCT, including its officers, agents, employees.

Justice Adeniyi declared that the defendant had no legal or constitutional powers to impose any levy or fine for sewage and refuse disposal on the plaintiff or any corporate body within Abuja Municipal Area Council.

The court held that Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) is the only body constitutionally empowered and authorised to impose or levy sewage and refuse disposal levies or fines on any person or corporate body in Abuja Municipal Area Council of the FCT.