There were also accusations that the sponsors largely plagiarised a similar law on disease control by Singapore.
He said, “I have just filed a court action against the Speaker and House of Representatives on the wicked bill initiated by Hon Femi Gbajabiamila this morning at the Federal High Court Abuja. We shall overcome.”
The document with Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/463/2020, which was shared by Melaye’s Twitter account, listed the defendants as Gbajabiamila; Malami; Adamu; the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori; the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Patrick Giwa. The notice of application was filed “in the matter of an application by Senator Dino Melaye for an order for the enforcement of his fundamental rights to the dignity of his person, personal liberty, right to private and family life, right to freedom of movement and right to own immovable property in Nigeria.”
It stated that the “notice of application for an order enforcing fundamental rights brought pursuant to Sections 34 , 35 37, 38, 40, 41 , 44, and 46 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as altered; Articles 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 14 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.”
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