A Federal High Court in Lagos has declared as unlawful the
restriction of citizens’ movement during the monthly Lagos enviromental
sanitation exercise.
Justice Mohammed Idris, in a judgment delivered on Monday, held that
such restriction of movement, in the name of sanitation, amounted to a
violation of the citizens’ right to personal liberty and freedom of
movement protected by sections 35 and 41 of the Constitution.
He therefore voided the power of the Lagos State Government and its
agent to arrest any citizen found moving between 7am and 10am on the
last Saturday of every month when the enviromental sanitation exercise
is observed.
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