Nine lawyers have asked a federal high court in Lagos to
stop a rally tagged ‘#ObiDatti23 Forward Ever’ by supporters of the Labour
Party (LP), scheduled for October 1.
The plaintiffs, in the suit marked FHC/L/CS/1729/2022,
include Adedotun Ajulo, Salamatu Lewi, Hakeem Ijaduola, Ogunbona Akinpelu,
Owolabi Oluwasegun, Mogbojuri Kayode, Wuyep Nadom, Dimimu Mabel, Kolawole
Salami and Wale Lawrence (the only non-lawyer).
The defendants are Peter Obi, presidential candidate of LP;
Datti Baba-Ahmed, LP vice-presidential candidate; Julius Abure, LP chairman;
the inspector-general of police (IGP); Lagos commissioner of police;
director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS); Lekki Concession
Company (LCC) Limited; attorney-general of Lagos, and the governor of Lagos.
In an ex parte motion filed before Daniel Osiagor, the
judge, the plaintiffs, through their counsel, Dada Awosika, are asking the
court to restrain Obi, Baba-Ahmed, Abure, and their supporters from holding the
rally until the hearing and determination of their suit.
The plaintiffs argued that the rally could cause the
breakdown of law and order in Lagos, similar to the October 2020 #EndSARS rally
in which lives were lost and properties were destroyed across the state.
They also urged the court to restrain Obi and his party, as
well as their loyalists, from further planning and promoting the rally.
They further sought an injunction to prevent the rally from
going ahead as well as the organisers from using the Lekki toll plaza or any
other space within Lagos state.
The judge, however, directed the plaintiffs to put the other
parties on notice.
He then adjourned the hearing of the substantive suit till
September 23.
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