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Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has restrained Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, and others from protesting in some areas in Abuja, including the Aso Rock Villa, for the release of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday.
The judge also barred the protesters from anywhere close to the villa, National Assembly, Force Headquarters, Court of Appeal, Eagle Square, and Shehu Shagari Way, pending the hearing of the motion on notice.
Justice Umar, on Friday, granted the ex parte motion moved by the police lawyer, Wisdom Madaki, on behalf of the Federal Government, contrary to the earlier media reports in circulation.
The certified true copy of the order, signed by the court Registrar, Mr. Kasim Muazu, and the judge, was made available to journalists on Saturday in Abuja.
The judge also made an order of abridgement of time “within which the respondents will respond to the application on notice to cause the ex parte order to be set aside on Monday.
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This was also contrary to some media reports that Justice Umar adjourned the matter till October 21 for the parties to appear in court.
“The respondents are hereby restrained in the interim from protesting in the following Areas: Aso Rock Villa, or anywhere close to the Villa, National Assembly, Force Headquarters, Court of Appeal, Eagle Square, and on Shehu Shagari way pending the hearing of the motion on notice.
“The court hereby abridged the time within which the respondents will respond to the application on notice to cause this ex parte order to be set aside on Monday, the 20th of October, 2025, at 9.00 a.m.
“The order of this court, together with the motion on notice, be served on the respondents today, Friday, the 17th day of October, 2025,” the judge ordered.
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