Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has extended an

earlier order restricting protesters in Lagos to the Freedom and Peace Parks in the

Ojota and Ketu areas of the state.

Sonaike made the order following an application by the Lagos State Attorney-General

and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro, SAN, for an extension order having

complied with the pre-action protocols for preemptive remedies ordered last week by

another vacation judge, Justice Emmanuel Ogundare.

Pedro who was represented in court by the Director for Civil Litigations, Hameed

Oyenuga, told the court that the service of the earlier court order had been served on

all the respondents in compliance with the pre-action protocols for pre-emptive reliefs

sought by the AG against the representatives of the protesters, adding that though the

respondents in the suit were yet to respond to the application, and there is a need to

extend the earlier restriction order of the protest to two venues so that the state can

continue to enjoy the relative peace being experienced despite the ongoing protests

across the country.

In her ruling, Justice Sonaike said, she is satisfied with the AG’s compliance with the

orders of Justice Ogundare and order that the restriction of the protests to Freedom

and Peace Parks in the Ojota and Ketu areas of the state be extended until full

compliance to the pre-action orders.

This is coming after Justice Ogundare had last week while ruling on a preemptive

exparte application filed by Mr Pedro seeking to maintain and secure public safety and

prevent irreparable loss of lives and property in the state during the period of the

protests, and placed restrictions on the protesters.

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