Abuja - A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on
Thursday declared illegal and unconstitutional the police ban of
#BringBackOurGirls peaceful protests, Leadership
reports.
Justice Sunday Aladetoyinbo made the ruling while
delivering judgment in the suit filed by the #BringBackOurGirls
protesters to challenge the ban on their rallies by the then FCT
Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, on June 1, 2014.
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Mbu, who is
now an Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 7,
Abuja, had banned the daily protests by the group, though the ban was
subsequently reversed by the then Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed
Abubakar, but the protesters insisted on proceeding with the suit.
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