Mr.Tope Akinyode, Human rights lawyer and National President of Revolutionary Lawyer’s Forum, allegedly sue Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Speaker of the State House of Assembly and Attorney-General of Lagos over ban of commercial tricycles and motorcycles popular Known as Keke and Okada.
The residents of Lagos State has complaint about the hardships they are passing through since February 1, 2020 when the ban take effect.
“Challenging the ban in court, Akinyode said the provisions of the law and its execution are a violation of the citizen’s fundamental human right to freedom of movement and to own moveable properties as enshrined under Sections 41 and 44 of the constitution.” Sahara reporter
He said, “It’s an insensitive piece of legislation which seeks to deprive citizens their fundamental rights to move without restraint or purchase moveable properties of their choices which the constitution allows.
“If the government feels a need to regulate vehicular movement, it should go to Apapa and remove the trailers which have turned that axis to a parking lot and are constituting monstrous agony to the people of Lagos State.”
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