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ARTICLE AD BOX
Members of the Youth Rights Campaign, YRC, alongside activists affiliated with the EndBadGovernance Lagos Movement connected Wednesday gathered astatine the Yaba Magistrate Court successful Lagos to explicit enactment for activistic Hassan Taiwo Soweto and instrumentalist Dele Frank, popularly known arsenic Arole Fela.
Both men are facing proceedings implicit their alleged engagement successful a protestation against demolitions and forced evictions successful immoderate communities crossed the state.
The activists assembled astatine Court 2 of the courthouse connected March 11, 2026, successful solidarity with the defendants, who were arrested pursuing a objection held connected January 28 to reason demolition exercises and evictions affecting respective Lagos communities.
Proceedings successful the substance were aboriginal adjourned until April 24, 2026, aft the 2nd defendant, Dele Frank, was absent from tribunal owed to wellness concerns.
The presiding magistrate granted the adjournment aft the defence squad informed the tribunal that Frank was unwell and incapable to be the proceeding successful person.
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