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Hearing successful the constabulary suit against Omoyele Sowore and different conveners of #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest, connected Monday, suffered acceptable backmost arsenic tribunal activities astatine the Federal High Court successful Abuja came to a halt.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that arsenic astatine 9:30am erstwhile the newsman got entree into the premises of the high-rise gathering that houses nary less than 13 courts, each the courtrooms were nether fastener and key.
Although precise fewer tribunal workers, lawyers, litigants and backstage guards of the tribunal were seen successful the premises, nary justice was sighted.
There were dense information deployments with h2o cannons successful and astir the intersection betwixt Gana Street and Shehu Shagari Way by Nicon Hilton Hotel, the fashionable NITEL Junction astatine Wuse 2, Federal Secretariat environs, National Assembly Junction, to Asokoro District starring into Presidential Villa.
Movement of vehicles was disallowed and galore pedestrians were denied walking done the restricted areas, portion constabulary fired teardrop state successful immoderate places.
NAN earlier reported that Justice Mohammed Umar had, connected Friday, fixed contiguous for the respondents successful the ex parte question filed by the police, connected behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN), to amusement origin wherefore the interim bid made by the tribunal should beryllium vacated.
Justice Umar had restrained Mr Sowore, the 1st respondent, and others from protesting successful immoderate delicate areas successful Abuja, including the Aso Rock Villa, contiguous for the merchandise of detained Nnamdi Kanu, person of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The justice besides barred the protesters from anyplace adjacent to the villa, National Assembly, Force Headquarters, Court of Appeal, Eagle Square and Shehu Shagari Way, pending the proceeding of the question connected notice.
Others named successful the interim bid see Sahara Reporters Ltd, Sahara Reporters’ Media Foundation, Take It Back Movement (TIB), for the Transformation of Nigeria Or Any Form of Organisation oregon Any Other Person(s) Acting Either Express oregon Implied Instruction oregon Any Other Organisation oregon Group With the Like Intention; and Unknown Persons arsenic 2nd to 5th respondents respectively.
The justice had granted the ex parte question moved by the constabulary lawyer, Wisdom Madaki, connected behalf of FRN connected Friday.
The justice besides made an bid of abridgement of clip “within which the respondents volition respond to the exertion connected announcement to origin the ex parte bid to beryllium acceptable speech connected Monday, the 20th of October 2025 astatine 9.00am.”
Justice Umar subsequently adjourned the substance until Oct. 20 for proceeding of the question connected notice.
The ex parte question was marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/2202/2025.
In the affidavit successful enactment of the ex parte question deposed to by Bassey Ibithan, a constabulary serviceman attached to the Directorate of Legal Services, Force Headquarters, Abuja, the serviceman averred that if not granted, the protestation mightiness endanger nationalist security.
NAN reports that Sowore, steadfast of Sahara Reporters, had planned to organise the protestation for the merchandise of Kanu.
Sowore, the 2019 and 2023 statesmanlike campaigner of African Action Congress (ACC), had begun mobilisation for what helium called a planned peaceful protestation against Kanu’s detention.
However, determination person besides been ongoing calls for governmental solution to Kanu’s proceedings who is facing alleged coercion offence astatine the Federal High Court earlier Justice James Omotosho.
(NAN)
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