Police Permit Not Required For Rallies in Nigeria, By Femi - TopicsExpress



          

Police Permit Not Required For Rallies in Nigeria, By Femi Falana --------------- Under the Public Order Act (Cap P42) Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 the power to regulate public meetings, processions and rallies in any part of Nigeria was exclusively vested in the governors of the respective states of the Federation. Thus, by virtue of section 1 of the Act the Commissioner of Police or any other police officer could not issue a licence or permit for any meeting or rally without the authority of the governor. In other words, no police officer was competent to issue a permit for holding any public meeting or rally or cancel any such public meeting or rally without the authority of the governor of a state. Read on premiumtimesng/?p=153860
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:40:20 +0000

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