#EndBadGovernance: FHC throws out suit against protesters

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has thrown out an application seeking an interim injunction restraining Nigerian protesters from continuing with the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests.
Justice Peter Lifu dismissed the motion ex parte, marked FHC/ABS/CS/1149/2024, on Monday, August 12, 2024.
Some Nigerians had filed the motion ex parte (dated August 12, 2024) seeking the enforcement of their fundamental rights against the organisations involved with the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests.
The applicants sued organisations such as Take It Back Movement, Concerned Nigerians, Nigerians Against Hunger, Initiative For Change, Human Rights Co-advocacy Initiative, Nigerian Against Corruption Initiative, Citizens For Change Advocacy Initiative, and Timely Intervention (1st to 8th respondents).
Others sued were Active Citizens Group, Students For Change, We Coalition, Total Intervention, Refurbished Nigeria, Tomorrow Today, Our Future In Our Hands Initiative, Youths Against Tyranny, Save Nigeria Movement, Omoyele Sowore, and Social Democratic Party (SDP) (9th to 19th respondents).
The rest are the Attorney General of The Federation and security agencies.
The applicants’ lawyer, Tsembelee Sorkaa, stated in his process that the right to life, personal liberty, private and family life, movement, property, and economic development of his clients is likely to be breached by the ongoing protest in Nigeria organized by the 1st to 19th respondents who are using the hashtag #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria.
But the judge held that it was not good for the lawyer to rush his notice ex parte especially without providing the required affidavit to support his requests for an interim injunction and substituted service.