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Yoruba Nation Rally: 49 Peaceful Demonstrators Arrested Denied Bail

  • Date of Occurrence
    July 13, 2021
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    Lagos, Nigeria
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A Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba has failed to grant bail to the 49 Yoruba Nation agitators arrested and detained by the Lagos State Police Command, The Nation has learnt.

The Nation reports that police had paraded 49 suspects arrested in connection with the Oodua Republic mega rally at Ojota. Those paraded include 47 men and two women.

Some of the suspects, according to Commissioner of Police (CP) Hakeem Odumosu, were intercepted and found with guns, axes, Oodua flags, Yoruba Armed Forces vests and other items. Others were arrested at the protest ground in Ojota.

But the Yoruba self-determination groups’ umbrella body Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO) rose in defence of those arrested.

The motion for their bail application, filed by human rights lawyers led by Olasupo Ojo, Esq and Oladapo Kayode, Esq, was adjourned till July 27, 2021, for a ruling.

The court had on July 5th, 2021 granted the application for an ex parte order brought before it by the Lagos State Police Command to detain the agitators for 21 days.

The 21-day ex parte order will expire on  July 26, 2021.

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  • Date of Occurrence
    2021-07-13
  • State/Country
    Lagos
  • Source
    https://thenationonlineng.net/yoruba-nation-rally-49-arrested-denied-bail/%20
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  • Freedom of Association & Assembly
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  • Male
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  • Disruption and Criminalization of Protests
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