A Federal High Court in Lagos has declared as
unlawful the restriction of citizens’ movement during the monthly Lagos environmental
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 environmental sanitation
exercise is observed
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