Court Dismisses Suit Challenging Okada Ban in Lagos Wale Igbintade Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a suit by a Lagos resident challenging the Lagos State
Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a suit by a Lagos resident challenging the Lagos State Government’s restriction of commercial motorcycles and tricycles from some of its roads.
The judgment followed the plaintiff’s suit marked FHC/L/CS/1389/2020 against the Governor of Lagos State, Attorney General of Lagos State, Commissioner for Transportation and Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly as 1st to fourth defendants respectively. He argued that it also offended section 10 of the Federal Road Safety Commission Act, section 92 of the Federal Road Safety Commission Act, and section 1 of the Federal Highways Act/Subsidiary Legislation Cap F13, LFN, 2004.
The judge held: “The plaintiff has referred the court to items 11 and 63 of part 1 in the exclusive legislative list which have to do with construction, alteration and maintenance of such roads as may be declared by the National Assembly to be Federal trunk roads and traffic on Federal trunks roads.
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