#Endbadgovernance protesters held street processions in Lagos, despite a court order restraining them to specific locations in the nation’s commercial capital.
On Wednesday, a Lagos High Court presided over by Justice Emmanuel Ogundare granted an exparte application filed by the State’s Attorney General, Lawal Pedro (SAN), imposing restrictions on the planned nationwide protest in Lagos.
The court order, effective from August 1-10, confines the protests to two designated locations: Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota and Peace Park in Ketu, between 8 am and 6 pm.
However, on Thursday, a group of protesters defied the court order, marching from Alausa to Ojota, singing solidarity songs and drawing attention to the citizens’ plight, in a show of defiance against the restrictions.
They branded placards with several inscriptions like ‘Reverse electricity tariff now,’ ‘Stop corporate capture,’ ‘We need new mass workers party to change Nigeria,’ and ‘This hunger is too much,’ among others.
Briefing journalists in Alausa, the demonstrators decried the hunger and economic situation in the country.
On the ground to receive them was the Divisional Police Officer of Alausa, Tokunbo Abaniwonda, who asked them to go to Gani Fawehinmi Park to air their grievances as Alausa is not the designated location.
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