The high court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos, has extended the order restricting protesters in the state to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota and Peace Park, Ketu.
The high court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square , Lagos, has extended the order restricting #EndBadGovernance protesters in the state to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota and Peace Park, Ketu.Lawal Pedro, the state’s attorney-general and commissioner for justice, approached the court with an ex parte application 48 hours before the commencement of the #EndBadGovernance protest, which kicked off on August 1.
Emmanuel Ogundare, the presiding judge, ruled that the protest from August 1 to 10 should only be held within the approved locations and between “8am to 6pm, pending compliance with the pre-action protocol by the claimant”.Ogundare also ordered the police to “protect the fundamental rights of protesters within the approved designated locations and time for peaceful public protests, rallies, and meetings in Lagos state”.
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