Breaking: Court Stops Obaseki From Enforcing Use Of COVID-19 Vaccine Passports

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has granted an order restraining Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Edo State Government from enforcing the order on compulsory vaccination and use of COVID-19 vaccine passports in the state.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG had reported that Governor Obaseki had laid down a directive that all residents accessing churches, mosques, banks and large gatherings must be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Following the directive to come up early next month, civil society organisations had mobilsed residents of Benin City to demonstrate against the directive upon the claim that it was an infringement on their fundamental human rights.

However, the issue on Tuesday went into legal arbitration with a Port-Harcourt High Court granting a restraining order against Governor Obaseki and the Edo State Government from enforcing the directive on COVID-19 vaccine passports.

In arguing the Motions in Suit No. FHC/PH/FHR/266/2021 filed by Mr. Charles Osaretin against the Governor of Edo State and 5 others and dated the 30th of August, 2021, the Learned Senior Counsel, Echezona Etiaba, SAN urged the Court to Order parties to maintain status quo pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice for the Enforcement of the Applicant’s Fundamental Rights and for the leave of Court to serve the Respondents by publishing the Court processes on a national daily circulating in Nigeria.

The Orders were granted as prayed. Court adjourned to the 10th of September, 2021 for hearing of the Substantive Motion.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the move by Governor Obaseki to enforce the use of COVID-19 Vaccine passports in Edo State followed the surge in cases of the pandemic in the state.

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