Akindele and her husband were convicted on April 6, 2020, by the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ogba, days after they held a crowded house birthday party contrary to Lagos State’s social distancing order. But a Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, approached the court, challenging the legality of the Lagos State Infectious Diseases (Emergency Prevention) Regulations 2020 pursuant to which, Akindele, her husband and 236 other residents were convicted and sentenced. Joint respondents in the suit, marked FHC/L/CS/588/2020, are the Lagos State government, Attorney-General of Lagos State, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State and the Inspector-General of Police. But the Lagos State Government and the AG opposed him through their counsel, a Deputy Director, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Mr. Adebayo Haroun. “The instant suit is incompetent and the court lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate over same.

Source: The Guardian June 14, 2022 03:01 UTC