On Wednesday, a Federal High Court in Lagos ruled that the Labour Party and its followers might travel through the Lekki Toll Gate
but not congregate there for the “#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally” set for October 1, 2022.
The order was made by Justice Osiagor while making a decision regarding a motion for injunction filed by ten plaintiffs who are requesting that the court prevent the LP, its presidential candidate Peter Obi, his vice presidential candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed, one Julius Abure, and their supporters from holding the rally.
In addition, Justice Daniel Osiagor gave orders to Usman Baba, the Inspector General of Police, and Abiodun Alabi, the Commissioner of the Lagos State Police, to make sure the directive was followed.
However, the party has criticized the decision, attributing its plight to the opposition.
Because all parties to the lawsuit had not been served, the defendants’ preliminary objection, which sought to prevent the court from hearing the motion because it lacked jurisdiction, could not be heard.
The hearing for the substantive lawsuit was postponed by the court until November 4, 2022.
However, reacting to the court ruling, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, accused the opposition of sponsoring the legal case to unsettle their movement.
He said, “One clear thing is that the suit is the work of the opposition party as they are worried and most of the plaintiffs in this present suit are lawyers that belong to a group called the Lawyers Network for Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“The court stated categorically as well that by the judicial report on the EndSARS protest, the EndSARS protest was largely peaceful until it was hijacked and that the counsel for the plaintiffs cannot in any way link the first to the fourth respondent to EndSARS by their pleadings.”
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