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Stop Planned Labour Party Rally In Lagos, Lawyers Prays Court

AFNews Reporter

Sep 16, 2022

In a bid to stop Labour Party and its supporters from conducting a rally tagged #Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally' on October 1, 2022, or any other date in Lagos State.

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Nine lawyers and one Wale Lawrence on Thursday asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State to restrain the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, his running mate, Yusuf Baba-Ahmed, one Julius Abure, and their loyalists from holding the rally until the hearing and determination of their motion on notice of September 12, 2022.

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The nine lawyers are Adedotun Ajulo, Salamatu Lewi, Hakeem Ijaduola, Ogunbona Akinpelu, Owolabi Oluwasegun, Mogbojuri Kayode, Wuyep Nadom, Dimimu Mabel and Kolawole Salami.

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The first to 10th defendants in the suit marked FHC/L/CS/1729/2022 are Obi, LP, Baba-Ahmed, Abure, the Inspector-General of Police, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State command, Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lekki Concession Company Limited, Attorney-General of Lagos State and the Governor of Lagos State.

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In their ex parte motion filed before Justice Daniel Osiagor through their counsel, Dada Awosika (SAN), they prayed the court for four reliefs.

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Justice Osiagor directed the plaintiffs to put all the defendants on notice.

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He adjourned the hearing of the substantive motion till September 23, 2022.

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The plaintiffs, by their originating summons filed on the 9 of September, 2022 listed 12 grounds upon which the judge should grant their reliefs.

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