“What the Lagos state government ought to have done was to approach the court to say they did not want the protesters to congregate.”
She confirmed to the panel that the marks she saw on her husband’s remains revealed he was gruesomely murdered.
The Anambra government is yet to react to the accusations. Mr. Nwafor, however, has since remained at large.
Scores of marchers turned up Saturday morning at the Lekki Toll Plaza in defiance to government threats of dire consequences by the government.
The minister argued that there was no guarantee that the demonstration scheduled for this weekend would be peaceful.
“I do hope that sufficient lessons have been learnt particularly by the central bank to desist from jumping into the political arena.”
The judge, then, set aside the November 4, 2020 ruling and ordered that all the accounts of the affected persons “be immediately defreezed.”
The hearing could however not continue as the police counsel, Funke Fawole, claimed she was yet to get the petition, though the petitioners presented evidence of service on the police.
An army spokesman declined comments on the reported disbandment of its legal representation at the panel.
Mr. Uriri said the reports and the reserved petitions including recommendations will be submitted to the state government for consideration and action.
