On Thursday, a Federal High Court located in Abuja dismissed a lawsuit filed against the #Endbadgovernance demonstrators on the grounds of insufficient prosecution diligence.
17 Nigerians from the six geopolitical zones of the nation filed the lawsuit in opposition to the August 1–10 countrywide rallies.
Omoyele Sowore, the National Security Advisor, the Attorney General of the Federation, the Inspector General of Police, the Director General of the Department of State Services, and the Chiefs of the Army and Defence Staff were among the defendants named by the plaintiffs.
Nnamdi Eze, Chibuzor Ifeanyi, Fesco Olatunde, Adiza Abbo, Ocholi Aduku, Francis John, Danladi Goje, and Ishaya Istifanus were among the plaintiffs.
After the 26 defendants who were in court without legal representation and the 17 plaintiffs who were not there, Justice Peter Lifu dismissed the lawsuit.
The fact that neither the plaintiffs nor the defendants showed up to court or offered an explanation for their absence startled the judge.
Justice Lifu declared that he had to dismiss the case since it was clear the plaintiffs were no longer interested in pursuing it.
“This suit is hereby struck out as it is evident that the plaintiffs have lost interest in going further with this case,” he ruled.
Due to violations of their fundamental rights to economic, social, and cultural development, human dignity, freedom of movement, and national peace and security, the plaintiffs had requested that the court issue an order ending the demonstration.
Additionally, they requested that the Attorney General of the Federation, the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Defence Staff, the Director General of the Department of State Service, and the Inspector General of Police be ordered to bring the demonstrators to order, to uphold their fundamental rights.
The plaintiffs used the states of Kano, Kaduna, and Katsina, among others, as examples of places where both public and private property was destroyed.
