– Court restrains Edo state governor Godwin Obaseki from dissallowing unvaccinated persons in church & other places
According to report by The Nations, a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has withstood Governor, Godwin Obaseki and the Edo State Government from forcing residents of the state to take COVID-19 vaccine
Governor Obaseki had earlier said that Edo residents would be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before they would be allowed into public places like churches, mosques, and malls.
The report said that the court in a suit, dated August 30, 2021, ordered the governor, the Edo State Government, and three other respondents, “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 circulating in Nigeria.”
The suit was filed on behalf of the applicant, Charles Osaretin by Echezona Etiaba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, according to the report.
The case, which has been adjourned to September 10 for hearing of the substantive motion, was heard by a vacation judge, Stephen Pam.
