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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out an application seeking an order of interim injunction restraining Nigerian protesters from continuing with the ongoing protests using the hashtags #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria.
Mr Danladi Goje, Buky Abayomi, Adiza Abbo, and thirteen other Nigerians had on August 12, 2024 lodged the motion ex-parte seeking the enforcement of their fundamental rights against the organisations involved with the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests.
Justice Peter Lifu dismissed the motion ex parte, marked FHC/ABS/CS/1149/2024, on Monday, August 12, 2024.
The applicants sued organisations such as 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 (1st to 8th respondents).
Others sued were 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) (9th to 19th respondents).
The rest 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.
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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.
