A Federal
High Court in Lagos has declared as unlawful the restriction of citizens’
movement during the monthly Lagos environmental sanitation exercise.
Justice
Mohammed Idris, in a judgment delivered on Monday, held that such restriction
of movement, in the name of sanitation, amounted to a violation of the
citizens’ right to personal liberty and freedom of movement protected by
sections 35 and 41 of the Constitution.
He therefore
voided the power of the Lagos State Government and its agent to arrest any
citizen found moving between 7am and 10am on the last Saturday of every month
when the environmental sanitation exercise is observed.
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