Lagos state court extends protest restriction order

Lagos State High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square, on Tuesday extended an earlier order restricting the bad governance protesters in the state to conduct their activities only at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park and Peace Park.

Penpushing reports the judge Justice S.I. Sonaike gave the order following an application filed by the Lagos State Attorney-General (AG) and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro, for an extension of the order.

The Lagos State Attorney-General represented in court by the Director for Civil Litigations, Hameed Oyenuga had filed for an extension of the order after complying with the order of the court to ensure the safety of the protesters within the two locations ordered by the court.

Penpushing further reports that Oyenuga informed the court that service of the earlier court order had been served on all the respondents in compliance with the pre action protocols for preemptive reliefs sought by the Attorney-General against the representatives of the protesters.

The Attorney-General argued that though the respondents in the suit were yet to respond to the application, and therefore prayed for need to extend the earlier restriction order of the protest to two venues

‘There is the need to extend the earlier restriction order of the protest to two venues. This is to ensure that the state can continue to enjoy the relative peace being experienced despite the ongoing protests across the country’, he argued

Penpushing also reports that, Justice Sonaike in her ruling said that she was satisfied with the Attorney-General’s compliance with the order of the other vacation judge, Justice Emmanuel Ogundare, and therefore, ordered that the restriction of the protest to Freedom and Peace parks in the Ojota and Ketu areas of the state be extended until full compliance with the pre-action orders.

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