A Federal High Court in Abuja has barred online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and others behind the planned protest for the release on Nnamdi Kanu of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) from taking their activities near the presidential villa, Aso Rock, Abuja and other important national institutions.
Justice Mohammed Umar, handed down the ruling on Friday.
The judge also asked Sowore and his associates in the protest planned for October 20 to also stay away from the National Assembly, Force Headquarters, Court of Appeal, Eagle Square and Shehu Shagari Way, pending the hearing of the motion on notice filed by the police on behalf of the Federal Government.
In a certified true copy (CTC) of the enrolled order, signed on Saturday, Justice Umar said: “The respondents are hereby restrained in the interim from protesting in the following Areas: Aso Rock Villa or anywhere close to 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 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 9.00am.
“The order of this court together with the motion on notice be served on the respondents today, Friday, the 17th day of October, 2025.”
Justice Umar adjourned till October 20 for hearing of the motion on notice.
