Lawyer asks court to cancel monthly sanitation A Lagos-based lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to stop the monthly environmental sanitation in Lagos State. The lawyer is asking the court to declare as illegal, the monthly exercise, during which citizens’ movements are restricted. He joined as respondents in the suit the Inspector General of Police, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, the Lagos State Governor, the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice. Others are the Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and the Ministry of the Environment. The applicant in his motion on notice argued that the imposed environmental sanitation on every last Saturday of the month did not have any legal backing. According to him, the restriction of people’s movement is in conflict with sections 35 and 41 of the constitution, which guarantee rights to personal liberty and freedom of movement. Adegboruwa stated that the restriction also violates Article XII of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. He is therefore asking the court to declare that the Lagos State Government and its agents do not have the legal backing to restrict movement of Lagos residents on the last Saturday of the month. The applicant is also asking the court to declare that the respondents can not, as of right, arrest and detain any Lagos residents found moving on either state or Federal Government roads in the state on the last Saturday of every month. Justice M.B. Idris has adjourned till January 28, 2015 for hearing of the suit. Copyright PUNCH.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:42:01 +0000
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