#EndSars: Court Stays Proceedings On Prosecution Of Davido, Adeyanju, Yesufu, Falz, 46 others Over Alleged Promotion Of Unlawful Assembly

An FCT High Court in Kubwa, Abuja, has granted an application
for stay of proceedings in a case between controversial lawyer
Kenechukwu Okeke and 50 prominent Nigerians accused of championing
the historic #EndSARS protests last year.

Justice Bello Kawu in his ruling on Wednesday granted the
prayers of the applicants who had, among other things, sought an
order of the court restraining the Nigeria Police Force, and the
Abuja police commissioner from arresting or taking further steps
against them on the matter.

This followed an application filed by one of the counsels to the
applicants, Samuel Ihensekhien Jnr.

Mr. Okeke, the controversial Abuja-based lawyer had last
November filed a criminal complaint against rights activists Deji
Adeyanju and Aisha Yesufu, as well as popular singer Davido and
preacher Sam Adeyemi among others, at an Abuja magistrate’s court
in Wuse.

The lawyer had sought punishment for the prominent
personalities, who also included Tiwa Savage, Feyikemi Abudu,
Wizkid and Dipo Awojide, for their roles in enhancing advocacy for
the now rested protests against decades of police atrocities
against citizens.

A chief magistrate in Abuja, Omolola Akindele, had directed the
Abuja police commissioner Bala Ciroma to investigate the
activists.

The lawsuit, which had sparked public outrage, was widely
perceived as an ill-fated scheme to silence the plurality of
Nigerians.

An FCT High Court in Kubwa, Abuja, has granted an application
for stay of proceedings in a case between controversial lawyer
Kenechukwu Okeke and 50 prominent Nigerians accused of championing
the historic #EndSARS protests last year.

Justice Bello Kawu in his ruling on Wednesday granted the
prayers of the applicants who had, among other things, sought an
order of the court restraining the Nigeria Police Force, and the
Abuja police commissioner from arresting or taking further steps
against them on the matter.

This followed an application filed by one of the counsels to the
applicants, Samuel Ihensekhien Jnr.

Mr. Okeke, the controversial Abuja-based lawyer had last
November filed a criminal complaint against rights activists Deji
Adeyanju and Aisha Yesufu, as well as popular singer Davido and
preacher Sam Adeyemi among others, at an Abuja magistrate’s court
in Wuse.

The lawyer had sought punishment for the prominent
personalities, who also included Tiwa Savage, Feyikemi Abudu,
Wizkid and Dipo Awojide, for their roles in enhancing advocacy for
the now rested protests against decades of police atrocities
against citizens.

A chief magistrate in Abuja, Omolola Akindele, had directed the
Abuja police commissioner Bala Ciroma to investigate the
activists.

The lawsuit, which had sparked public outrage, was widely
perceived as an ill-fated scheme to silence the plurality of
Nigerians.