SERAP further noted that such authoritarian practices would ultimately fail.
The organisation further noted that the National Assembly should be guided by due process in any investigation.
The SSS operatives accused the defendants of making a false claim that Ms John and Mr Ogunleye invaded SERAP’s Abuja office.
The duo alleged that the SERAP defamed them with baseless accusations in media publications.
They called for an assessment of these laws for potential restrictions on free speech and press freedom in Nigeria.
SERAP, in the statement, said the suit, ECW/CCJ/APP/03/2025, was filed last week before the court in Abuja.
In the suit marked CV/4547/2024, the SSS sued SERAP and its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, as the first and second defendants.
SERAP described the directive as grossly unlawful.
Mr Ozer had run one of the country’s largest crypto exchanges, Thodex, until it collapsed in April 2021 after taking $2 billion from his customers.
Shortly after taking the oath of office on May 29, Mr Tinubu announced that there would no longer be a petroleum subsidy regime.
