The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State of Ministry of Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN, has ordered that all charges pressed against the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protesters be withdrawn.
A Nigerian law firm @Tech4Justice of over 160 lawyers which has been at the fore of the fight against Police brutality and injustice dished out the good news in a tweet.
Revealing that all cases have been struck out., Tech4Justice added that the AG’s directive also says that all protesters’ belongings seized by the Police, its agents or privy are to be returned to them.
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“#OCCUPYLEKKITOLLGATE UPDATE: The Attorney General of Lagos State has sent a directive to withdraw all charges against the Defendants, all Prostesters’ belongings seized by the Police/ its Agents or privy are equally ordered to be returned to them. Case has been struck out“, the tweet reads.
