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Lagos lawyers ask court to stop pro-Peter Obi rally over ‘security concerns

The Labour Party (LP) supporters' October 1 rally, dubbed "#ObiDatti23 Forward Ever," has been called off by nine attorneys who have petitio...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief September 16, 2022
Updated September 16, 2022 at 7:40 AM
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Lagos lawyers ask court to stop pro-Peter Obi rally over ‘security concerns
The Labour Party (LP) supporters' October 1 rally, dubbed "#ObiDatti23 Forward Ever," has been called off by nine attorneys who have petitioned a federal high court in Lagos to do so.

Adedotun Ajulo, Salamatu Lewi, Hakeem Ijaduola, Ogunbona Akinpelu, Owolabi Oluwasegun, Mogbojuri Kayode, Wuyep Nadom, Dimimu Mabel, Kolawole Salami, and Wale Lawrence are among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit with the file number FHC/L/CS/1729/2022 (the only non-lawyer).

The defendants are the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) Limited, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), the Lagos Commissioner of Police, the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Peter Obi, the LP presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, the LP vice-presidential candidate, Julius Abure, the LP chairman, the Lagos Attorney-General, and the Lagos Governor.

In an ex parte motion filed before Daniel Osiagor, the judge, the plaintiffs, through their counsel, Dada Awosika, are asking the court to restrain Obi, Baba-Ahmed, Abure, and their supporters from holding the rally until the hearing and determination of their suit.

The plaintiffs argued that the rally could cause the breakdown of law and order in Lagos, similar to the October 2020 #EndSARS rally in which lives were lost and properties were destroyed across the state.

They also urged the court to restrain Obi and his party, as well as their loyalists, from further planning and promoting the rally.

They further sought an injunction to prevent the rally from going ahead as well as the organisers from using the Lekki toll plaza or any other space within Lagos state.

The judge, however, directed the plaintiffs to put the other parties on notice.

He then adjourned the hearing of the substantive suit till September 23.
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