Proscription order: Court to hear IMN’s motion on Wednesday vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The Federal High Court, Abuja, will, on Wednesday, hear the motion filed by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria , asking the court to vacate the exparte order it made on July 26 proscribing its activities in the country.The court had, in an ex-parte motion filed by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation , also declared the group a terrorist organisation.
The IMN stated that the reasons for its requests include that “the ex-parte order made on July 26, was made without jurisdiction, as the order was made against a non-juristic body. ”The order ex parte granted by this honourable court has violated the fundamental right of members of the Respondent to freedom of thought, conscience and religion guaranteed by Section 38 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended.
”The order ex parte constitutes a gross abuse of the process of this honourable court,” the group stated.
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