October 1: Nigerians protest at Federal High Court, demand judicial freedom

Nigerians connected Thursday gathered extracurricular the Federal High Court, calling for greater independency of Nigeria’s judiciary and stronger extortion of citizens’ rights.

The protesters said they chose Independence Day for the objection to item the value of freedom, insisting that the judiciary indispensable beryllium escaped from enforcement manipulation.

Addressing protesters astatine the gathering, 1 of them, who identified himself arsenic Henry Pwajok Lodam, said the objection was not constricted to governmental cases but was besides intended to gully attraction to Nigerians who, according to him, stay successful detention for prolonged periods without trial.

He alleged that immoderate detainees had spent years successful custody without...