A Lagos-based lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has asked a Federal
High Court in Lagos to put a stop to the monthly environmental sanitation
exercise in Lagos State.
High Court in Lagos to put a stop to the monthly environmental sanitation
exercise in Lagos State.
The lawyer is asking the court to declare as illegal, the
monthly exercise, during which citizens’ movements were restricted.
monthly exercise, during which citizens’ movements were restricted.
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.
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 was
in conflict with Sections 35 and 41 of the Constitution, which guarantees
rights to personal liberty and freedom
of movement.
in conflict with Sections 35 and 41 of the Constitution, which guarantees
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.
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.
State Government and its agents do not have the legal backing to restrict
movement of Lagos residents on the last Saturday of the month.
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