Lagos Appeals Judgment on Monthly Sanitation
The Lagos State Government has asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment, which declared as unlawful the restriction of citizens’ movements during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the state.
Justice Ibrahim Idris of a Federal High Court, in Lagos, had, on Tuesday, declared that the movement restriction policy was a violation of the citizens’ right to personal liberty and freedom of movement, as protected by Sections 35 and 41 of the 1999 Constitution.
But Lagos State Government, through the state’s Solicitor-General, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN), is contending that Idris was wrong to have made such a declaration.
Pedro, in the notice of appeal filed on Tuesday, insisted that the judge did not consider all other relevant provisions of the law before making his decision.
He listed Sections 24 (d), 34(2) (e) (i) and 45 of the 1999 Constitution and the Environmental Sanitation Law (Edict No. 12 of 1985), as those other relevant laws that Idris failed to consider.
“The court is deemed to know and is obliged to consider all relevant provisions of the 1999 Constitution and existing laws before arriving at its judgment.
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