#Biafra killings: Adegboruwa asks court to stop security agents

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has filed a new suit at the Federal High Court, Lagos, asking the court to halt the constant invasion of Biafra protests by soldiers and policemen, leading to severe human casualties.
The respondents in the suit are the President, Maj-Gen Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Hon Attorney-General of the Federation, the Inspector-General of Police, the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Naval Staff and the Chief of Air Staff.

Adegboruwa is claiming that all Nigerian citizens are granted the right of free assembly and association, under section 40 of the 1999 Constitution and also the freedom of expression, under section 39 of the same Constitution. He is, therefore, contending that members of the Independent Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, are entitled to assemble together in any part of the country, for the purpose of demanding for self determination, without any permit or licence.
And when they so decide to gather, the police, the army, or indeed other security agencies are not entitled to invade their gathering, or to shoot them or to arrest and detain them, as was done in most parts of the South East, last week. He, therefore, wants the court to affirm the rights of citizens to express themselves on any areas of grievance without let or hindrance from the security agencies.


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