By our reporter/ Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, and the state government were on Tuesday restrained by a federal high court in Port Harcourt, Rivers state from restricting unvaccinated persons from attending mass gatherings from September.
The governor, had at the launched of the second phase of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination exercise last week, said those who cannot show proof of taking at least one dose of the COVID vaccine may not be allowed to worship in mosques and churches, banks, event centres and other public places from mid September.
Following the governor’s directive, one Charles Osaretin filed a suit marked FHC/PH/FHR/266/2021 against the governor and five others.
The applicant through his counsel, Echezona Etiaba, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), asked the court to order parties to maintain status quo pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice; for the enforcement of the applicant’s fundamental human rights, and for the leave of court to serve the respondents by publishing the court’s processes in a national daily newspaper.
Stephen Dalyop Pam, the judge, while granting the orders as prayed, adjourned the suit till September 10 for a hearing of the substantive motion.
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