OBIDATTI RALLY: FEDERAL HIGH COURT ORDERS SUPPORTERS NOT TO ASSEMBLE AT LEKKI TOLL GATE
Federal High Court Lagos on Monday, ordered the Labour Party (LP) and its supporters not to converge at the Lekki toll gate in furtherance of its planned #Obidatti23 rally, scheduled for Oct. 1
Justice Daniel Osiagor made the order, following a motion for injunction brought by 10 plaintiffs, seeking among others, to restrain the Labout party, its presidential candidate Peter Obi, his running mate, and their loyalists from holding the rally.
The plaintiffs include Adedotun Ajulo, Salamatu Lewi, Hakeem Ijaduola, Ogunbona Akinpelu, Owolabi Oluwasegun, Mogbojuri Kayode, Wuyep Nadom, Dimimu Mabel, Kolawole Salami, and Wale Lawrence.
Joined as defendants are Obi, LP, Mr Baba-Ahmed, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Lagos state commissioner of Police, Director-General Department of State Services, Lekki Concession Company Ltd, Attorney-General of Lagos State, and the Lagos State Governor.
Justice Osiagor, however, held that the while the rally cannot converge at the Lekki toll, it can pass through it, to access the falomo bridge and other venues at which the rally plans to meet.
The court directed the IGP and the Lagos State Police Commissioner to ensure compliance with the order.
Meanwhile, a preliminary objection filed by the defendants seeking to stop the court from hearing the motion on grounds of locus, could not be heard, as all parties to the suit had not been served.
The court has now adjourned hearing of the substantive suit to Nov 4.
In the suit, the plaintiffs avers among others, that a repeat or celebration of the “infamous” EndSARS protest of 2020 under the political guise of “#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally” will cause a breakdown of peace and will result in post-traumatic stress disorder for them and the public
They asked the court for an order of interim injunction restraining the first to fourth defendants; and their loyalists from conducting the scheduled rally tagged “#Obidatti23 forward ever rally on Oct. 1. or any subsequent date, at the Lekki toll gate, until determination of the suit
They also want an order of interim injunction restraining the defendants and their loyalists from further planning and promoting the scheduled rally.
The plaintiffs also seek an order of interim injunction restraining the fifth to seventh defendants from allowing the first to fourth defendants, or their agents, from carrying out the said anniversary on Oct. 1, or any other date…
They seek an order restraining the first to fourth defendants from making use of the Lekki toll or any space under and within the control of the eight defendant for carrying out the said anniversary on Octo. 1, or any subsequent date.
Source: Triplenet.ng
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