Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has denied an appeal for an interim injunction to prevent Nigerians from protesting hunger and terrible government.
On Monday, August 12, 2024, Justice Lifu denied the application ex parte, with the case number FHC/ABS/CS/1149/2024.
Messrs Danladi Goje, Buky Abayomi, Adiza Abbo, and thirteen other Nigerians filed the motion ex parte on August 12, 2024, via their lawyer, Tsembelee Sorkaa.
The applicants sued 19 civil society organizations, including the Take It Back Movement and Nigeria’s Action Against Hunger, with the Attorney General of the Federation and security services as parties.
The petitioners sought to have their basic rights enforced against the groups engaged in the protests.
However, Justice Lifu ruled that the requests lacked merit and were consequently rejected.
The judge said:
“I have carefully considered the prayers in the instant motion (ex parte). In my view, the motion is not grantable.
“The prayers for substituted service are not grantable. The entire application lacks merit and is accordingly dismissed.”
The court then postponed the hearing on the application on notice until August 29, 2024.
This comes after Nigerians went to the streets from August 1 to 10, 2024, to protest the country’s severe economic state.
At least 15 people were killed during the protests, and billions of naira in property was damaged in Kano, Niger, Kaduna, Borno, Yobe, and other areas where violence broke out.
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