The federal high court in Abuja has dismissed an application seeking an interim injunction to restrain protesters from continuing the #EndBadGovernance protest.
Peter Lifu, the presiding judge, on Monday, dismissed the ex
parte motion filed by Danladi Goje, Buky Abayomi, Adiza Abbo, and 13 other
Nigerians.
In the application dated August 12, the applicants sought
the enforcement of their fundamental rights against the organisations involved
with the protests.
The organisations sued as 1st to 8th respondents are Take It
Back Movement, Concerned Nigerians, Nigerians Against Hunger, Initiative For
Change, Human Rights Co-advocacy Initiative, Nigerian Against Corruption
Initiative, Citizens for Change Advocacy Initiative, and Timely Intervention.
The 9th to 19th respondents are Active Citizens Group, Students
For Change, We Coalition, Total Intervention, Refurbished Nigeria, Tomorrow
Today, Our Future In Our Hands Initiative, Youths Against Tyranny, Save Nigeria
Movement, Omoyele Sowore, and Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Other respondents in the matter are the attorney general of
the federation and security agencies.
In the court documents, Tsembelee Sorkaa, the applicants’
lawyer, said his clients’ rights to life, personal liberty, private and family
life, and economic activities would be further breached if the 1st to 19th
respondents continued the protest.
Sorkaa urged the court to restrain the 1st to 19th
respondents from continuing with the protest pending the determination of his
motion on notice.
The lawyer also appealed to the court to enforce the
restraining order if it is granted.
In his ruling, Lifu said the #EndBadGovernance protest ended
last week, noting that there was no evidence presented before the court showing
that the protesters would reconvene later.
The judge said the applicants’ lawyer cannot rush his notice
ex parte without providing the required affidavit to support the requests for
an interim injunction and substituted service.
He dismissed the application for lacking merit and adjourned
the hearing on the motion on notice to August 29.
From August 1 to 10, Nigerians took to the streets in some
parts of the country to protest what they described as bad governance and
rising hunger in the country.
In some parts of the country, courts granted interim
injunctions restraining the protesters to some designated locations.
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