CCHR slams Lagos AG over claim on VIO appeal court judgment

The Campaign for Constitutionalism and Human Rights, CCHR, has faulted the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro, implicit his assertion that a judgement of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal connected the activities of the Vehicle Inspection Office, VIO, does not use to Lagos State.

The rights radical described the presumption arsenic legally unsound and misleading.

In a connection jointly signed by its Publicity Secretary, Olutola Folorunsho, and Executive Secretary, Toyin Raheem, CCHR maintained that the appellate court’s ruling has nationwide effect and binds each states of the federation. It warned that comments suggesting different undermine the regularisation of instrumentality and could wrongly power young ineligible practitioners.

According to the organisation, a judgement of the Federal High Court, erstwhile affirmed by the Court of Appeal, is enforceable crossed the state unless acceptable speech by the Supreme Court. It stressed that the ruling successful question did not exempt immoderate state, including Lagos State.

CCHR argued that alternatively than issuing nationalist statements disputing the...