Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called for the unconditional release of three lawyers arrested in Port Harcourt by operatives of the Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Police Force. SaharaReporters had earlier reported that the legal practitioners namely - Jerry Aondo, Dr Sobere Nelson and Odum Eyiba, who were legal team of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in March 18 governorship poll, Tonye Cole were in the state to file election petition before the police operatives swooped on them.
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the arrest of three of its members in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, while describing it as an affront to democracy and an invitation to anarchy.
No fewer than 39 members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State, on Monday, asked a Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi to nullify the
Concerned stakeholders have expressed divergent views on the proposed law to regulate rent payment within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). These voices were amplified during a public hearing on a bill sponsored by Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC Kogi West) to that effect.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja yesterday sacked 20 Cross River State lawmakers for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).