A Lagos High Court has granted an exparte application filed by the State’s Attorney General, LAWAL PEDRO seeking to restrict the proposed August 1 nationwide protest, in Lagos to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota and the Peace Park in Ketu.

Justice EMMANUEL OGUNDARE granted the order to restrict the protesters from converging and carrying out the proposed protests in Lagos from August 1-10th except in the two approved locations from 8 am to 6 pm.

While moving his application before the court, the Attorney General, argued that there is a need to protect the critical infrastructures of the state and prevent an irreparable loss of lives and property as witnessed during the EndSARS protest in 2020.

He also maintained that the Police in the State does not have sufficient manpower to provide security support for the protesters who planned to protest in all the local government councils public highways and other areas of public access in the State.

PEDRO further argued that there is a need to prevent the protest from being hijacked by hoodlums who are prepared to breach law and order and cause destruction in different locations in the State under the pretext of public protest against alleged bad governance.

After listening to his argument, Justice OGUNDARE granted all the reliefs sought in the application. 

The court also ordered the police to provide security and traffic management support to the protest organizers at the designated locations.