A Lagos state high court has granted an experte application filed by the state attorney general Lawal Pedro SAN, seeking to restrict the proposed august 1 nationwide protest in Lagos to the Gani Fawehinmi freedom Park in Ojota and the peace park in Ketu.
Justice Emmanuel Ogundare granted the order of pre-emptive remedy by way of interim injection to restrict the defendants from converging and carrying out the proposed protest in Lagos from August 1-10 except in the two approved locations from 8am to 6pm
Earlier,
Organisers of the planned #endbadgovernance nationwide demonstrations slated for august have rejected the proposal by the inspector general of police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun for confined protests.
At a meeting with the organisers today, the IGP suggested confined protests in identified locations and advised against street rallies, saying it was not advisable to go on street processions to avoid the peaceful protest being hijacked by hoodlums.
However, Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, one of the lawyers for the take it back movement, one of the groups organising the nationwide protests, rejected the proposal of the IGP, insisting on taking to the streets to express this displeasure with the government.
