A human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) before a Federal High Court in
He predicated his request for assault rife possession on the claim that the Federal Government has failed to uphold its constitutional obligation to protect life.
In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1078/2021, the plaintiff is particularly seeking “A declaration that he and other Nigerian citizens are entitled to defend themselves against unlawful violence of being killed, raped, sodomized, extorted, kidnapped, abducted, brutalized, dehumanized, debased, deprived of their rights to private and family life, freedom of movement, right of residency, peaceful assembly and association and protection of their property from the attacks of heavily armed criminals with...
The lawyer is specifically seeking a declaration that “it is unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional for the 2nd defendant fo refuse, fail and/or neglect to grant the plaintiff license to possess and own an A6 147 Premium AK 47 Assault Rifle based on the Plaintiff’s application of 8/7/2021 which the 2nd Defendant received on 9/7/2021 to enable the Plaintiff exercise his constitutional right to self-defense for protection life and property.
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Okorie: Call Umahi To Order, Sack Ebonyi CP Now, Group Tells Buhari, IGPThe Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-Cultural In Diaspora (AEISCID) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently call to order the governor of
Read more »
Electoral Law: Why election rigging will end in Nigeria in 2023 – Mike IginiThe lawyer lamented that “purchase of court judgments” in secret has become a recurrent feature in the country in recent times.
Read more »
Nigerian Government Goes To Supreme Court, Appeals Judgment Freeing IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu | Sahara ReportersPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s government has appealed the judgment of the Appeal Court freeing the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The Nigeran government has appealed the matter at the Supreme Court, The Nation reports. The government in a motion for a stay of execution filed on Wednesday at the nation's apex court is asking the court to stop the execution of the Appeal Court judgment of October 13.
Read more »
Niger Delta coalition asks Buhari, NASS to save collapsing NDDCCoalition of youths in the Niger Delta region, under the aegis of the Niger Delta Accountability Forum (NDAF), has called on Buhari
Read more »
Order INEC to Refill Senator Akwashiki’s Vacant Seat, Lawyer Tells Court – THISDAYLIVE
Read more »