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The Federal High Court successful Abuja has fixed October 29 for the proceeding of the suit filed by the constabulary against Omoyele Sowore and different conveners of the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protestation held connected Monday.
The suit, primitively scheduled for Monday for the respondents successful the ex parte question to amusement origin wherefore the interim bid made by the tribunal should beryllium vacated, could not proceed.
The proceeding was stalled arsenic a effect of the protest, which held connected the aforesaid day, crippling the tribunal activities astatine the Federal High Court successful Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Mohammed Umar issued an interim bid restraining Sowore and others from protesting for the merchandise of Nnamdi Kanu successful immoderate delicate areas successful Abuja.
Justice Umar barred the protesters from demonstrating astir the Aso Rock Villa, National Assembly, Force Headquarters, Court of Appeal, Eagle Square and Shehu Shagari Way, pending the proceeding of the question connected notice.
The justice besides made an bid of abridgement of clip “within which the respondents volition respond to the exertion connected announcement to origin the ex-parte bid beryllium acceptable speech connected Monday, the 20th of October, 2025 astatine 9.00am,” earlier adjourning until Oct. 20 for proceeding of the question connected notice.
The bid followed the ex parte question moved by the constabulary lawyer, Wisdom Madaki, connected behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN), connected Friday.
The Police Force, successful the ex parte motion, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/2202/2025, had sued Sowore, Sahara Reporters Ltd, and Sahara Reporters’ Media Foundation arsenic 1st to 3rd respondents.
The unit besides joined the Take It Back Movement (TIB) for the Transformation of Nigeria, Or Any Form of Organization oregon Person (s) acting with Either Express oregon Implied Instruction, oregon Any Other Organization oregon radical with a akin intention; and Unknown Persons arsenic the 4th to 5th respondents, respectively.
In the affidavit supporting the ex parte motion, Bassey Ibithan, a constabulary serviceman attached to the Directorate of Legal Services astatine Force Headquarters, Abuja, averred that if not granted, the protestation mightiness endanger nationalist security.
NAN reports that Sowore, steadfast of Sahara Reporters, had planned to organise the protestation for the merchandise of Kanu, the detained person of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Sowore, the 2019 and 2023 statesmanlike campaigner of African Action Congress (ACC), had mobilised for what helium called a planned peaceful protestation against Kanu’s detention connected Oct. 20.
A fig of persons were reported to person been arrested during the protest, including Kanu’s peculiar counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, who is billed for arraignment connected Oct. 24 astatine a Kuje Magistrate Court successful Abuja.
The station #FreeNnamdiKanuNow: Court to perceive constabulary suit against Sowore, others October 29 appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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