EndSARS: Lawyer serves Sanwo-Olu with court order | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ⬇️
Human rights lawyer and activist, Mr. Inibehe Effiong, has served Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with a certified true copy of the judgment order delivered on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, by Justice A. Lewis-Allagoa of a Federal High Court, Lagos, in favour of an Uber driver.
In its judgment, the court held that the treatment meted on Clement was barbaric and amounted to a violation of his right to dignity. In addition to the N5million compensation, the court also ordered the State Government and the Police to publish a public apology to Mr. Clement in two national newspapers.
“We are aware of your public declarations of your commitment to compensate victims of human rights abuses in Lagos State, including those connected with the #EndSARS protest. Our client is an Uber driver and a hardworking Lagosians, whose dignity was gruesomely violated and his source of livelihood disrupted by officials of the Lagos State government.
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