Public Interest Litigation

Justice Januaria T.S Moreira Costa of the Community Court of ECOWAS held that Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act violated Nigerians’ right to freedom of expression.
EiE, Paradigm Initiative (PI) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) have been in court since 2016 to repeal the Act.
The suit is pending the hearing of our appeal.

The suit is at the Court of Appeal for hearing.

There is no date yet for the hearing.

Judgement was delivered by Justice B. Kanyip of the National Industrial Court but not in our favour. We will appeal the judgement.

The adjourned date for hearing was April 21 but the court could not sit because of lockdown. No date fixed yet for the next court date.

The adjourned date for hearing was March 19 but the court could not sit because of lockdown. No date fixed yet for the next court date.