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Police Charge Femi Adeyeye And 13 Other Student Activists To Court For Protesting Rustication Of Blind UNILAG Student

  • Date of Occurrence
    April 1, 2017
  • State/Country
    Lagos, Nigeria
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Four student activists of the University of Lagos were arrested on April 1, 2017 were arraigned before a mobile police court in Lagos for protesting against unjust rustication of two of their colleagues. They were remanded in Kirikiri prison till April 6 and later freed the same day.

Details
  • Date of Occurrence
    2017-04-01
  • State/Country
    Lagos
  • Perpetrator
    Policemen from the Lagos State Police Command
  • Legal Foundation
    The legal foundation for this rest on Section 39 of the constitution which guarantees freedom of expression.
  • Source
    http://saharareporters.com/2017/04/01/police-charge-femi-adeyeye-and-13-other-student-activists-court-protesting-rustication
Location
  • Lagos, Nigeria

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Region
  • South West
Rights & Freedom Violated
  • Freedom of Association & Assembly
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Male
Mode of Attacks
  • Disruption and Criminalization of Protests

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