Human rights activist, Femi Falana has said that the police lacks the power to ban public protests in Nigeria. Reacting to Lagos state police command’s threat to “suppress planned protests” in commemoration of last year’s #EndSARS protests while appearing on Channels Television on Thursday October 14, Falana averred that the police’s stance is “illegal as they constitute a gross infringement of the fundamental rights of the Nigerian people to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly guaranteed by sections 38 and …
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Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Rights Activist has raised an alarm of insufficient justices at the supreme court, which according to him is worsening prison congestion. Falana in a letter dated June 9, urged President Buhari to validate the elevation of court of appeal justices Adamu Jauro, Emmanuel A. Agim, Samuel C. Oseji, and Helen M. Ogunwumiju as Supreme Court justices as recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC) . The senior lawyer who stated that the number …