The Federal Capital Terrritory High Court has declined to vacate an order which restricted the anti- hunger protesters in the FCT to the National Stadium for the purpose of staging protests.
Instead, the court on Wednesday opted to return the case file to the Chief Judge of the High Court for re-assignment to regular court for adjudication. The suit was instituted by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike against organizers of the #EndBadGovernance protests led by Omoyele Sowore and others.
The judge had on July 31 restricted the anti-hunger protesters to the National Stadium so as not to disrupt free flow of vehicles and movement of other people as well as not to destroy public and private properties. The restriction order was on August 13 extended following the absence of the defendants in court. The FCT Minister through his lead counsel, Dr James Ogwu Onoja, SAN, had on July 31 argued an ex-parte motion which prompted the confinement of the protesters to the National Stadium.
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