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PRESS RELEASE: 23rd June 2026 Subject: Lawyers commence class action suit against oppressive military checkpoints in Southeast Barristers Aloy Ejimakor, Patrick Agazie and their associates have initiated a class action suit against the proliferation of military checkpoints in Southeast, which have become oppressive and a menace against the people of Southeast. In the fundamental rights suit in which Chinedu Augustine Agbodike is the Applicant on behalf of the people of Southeast, the Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army, the Attorney General of the Federation and Federal Government of Nigeria are the Respondents. The suit, which was filed at the High Court of Enugu State on 17th June 2026, specifically seeks the following declarations and orders. 1, A declaration that the indiscriminate deployment, establishment, operation and maintenance of military checkpoints and roadblocks Southeast, which have resulted in harassment, extortion, arbitrary arrests, unlawful detention, torture, degrading treatment, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of citizens, constitute violations of the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. 2. A declaration that the routine deployment of military personnel for internal policing, roadblock operations and checkpoint duties within the South-East region without express constitutional or statutory authorization is unconstitutional, unlawful, illegal, null and void, and same constitute abuse and violation of the fundamental rights of the people of South Eastern part of Nigeria. 3. A declaration that the assumption by the lst and 2nd Respondents of internal policing functions constitutionally vested in the Nigeria Police Force amounts to an unlawful usurpation of powers and is therefore unconstitutional and same constitutes abuse and violation of human rights of the people of South Eastern Nigeria. 4. A declaration that the excessive militarization of Southeast amounts to an unjustifiable and disproportionate interference with the rights to freedom of movement, personal liberty, human dignity and freedom from discrimination guaranteed under the Constitution. 5. A declaration that the discriminatory profiling and targeting of citizens at various military checkpoints/roadblocks on the roads of Southeast States on account of their ethnicity, age, mode of dressing, hairstyle, tattoos, language, physical appearance or perceived affiliations is unconstitutional, illegal, oppressive and a violation of their Constitutional rights. 6. An order directing the lst and 2nd Respondents to immediately dismantle, remove and discontinue all military checkpoints operating on federal and state roads within Southeast. 7. An order directing the 3rd Respondent to establish an independent, transparent and comprehensive investigative mechanism to identify, investigate and prosecute all military personnel implicated in incidents of brutality, extortion, torture, unlawful detention, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings committed at military checkpoints within the South-East region from 2018 to date. 8. An order awarding the sum of N500,000,000,000.00 (Five Hundred Billion Naira) as exemplary, aggravated and general damages against the Respondents jointly and severally for the widespread and continuing violation of the fundamental rights of citizens of the South-East Region of Nigeria. 9. An order directing the Respondents to issue a formal public apology to the citizens Southeast States in at least three national newspapers and on national television. 10. An order of perpetual injunction restraining the Respondents, whether by themselves, their officers, agents, servants, privies or any persons acting under their authority, from establishing, maintaining or redeploying military checkpoints or roadblocks in the South-East region except in circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution. Signed: Aloy Ejimakor, Esq.

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Subject: Lawyers commence class action suit against oppressive military checkpoints in Southeast

Barristers Aloy Ejimakor, Patrick Agazie and their associates have initiated a class action suit against the proliferation of military checkpoints in Southeast, which have become oppressive and a menace against the people of Southeast.

In the fundamental rights suit in which Chinedu Augustine Agbodike is the Applicant on behalf of the people of Southeast, the Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army, the Attorney General of the Federation and Federal Government of Nigeria are the Respondents.

The suit, which was filed at the High Court of Enugu State on 17th June 2026, specifically seeks the following declarations and orders.

1, A declaration that the indiscriminate deployment, establishment, operation and maintenance of military checkpoints and roadblocks Southeast, which have resulted in harassment, extortion, arbitrary arrests, unlawful detention, torture, degrading treatment, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of citizens, constitute violations of the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.

2. A declaration that the routine deployment of military personnel
for internal policing, roadblock operations and checkpoint duties
within the South-East region without express constitutional or statutory authorization is unconstitutional, unlawful, illegal, null and void, and same constitute abuse and violation of the fundamental rights of the people of South Eastern part of Nigeria.

3. A declaration that the assumption by the lst and 2nd Respondents of internal policing functions constitutionally vested in the Nigeria Police Force amounts to an unlawful usurpation of powers and is therefore unconstitutional and same constitutes abuse and violation of human rights of the people of South Eastern Nigeria.

4. A declaration that the excessive militarization of Southeast amounts to an unjustifiable and
disproportionate interference with the rights to freedom of movement, personal liberty, human dignity and freedom from discrimination guaranteed under the Constitution.

5. A declaration that the discriminatory profiling and targeting of citizens at various military checkpoints/roadblocks on the roads of Southeast States on account of their ethnicity, age, mode of dressing, hairstyle, tattoos, language, physical appearance or perceived affiliations is unconstitutional, illegal, oppressive and a violation of their Constitutional rights.

6. An order directing the lst and 2nd Respondents to immediately
dismantle, remove and discontinue all military checkpoints operating on federal and state roads within Southeast.

7. An order directing the 3rd Respondent to establish an
independent, transparent and comprehensive investigative
mechanism to identify, investigate and prosecute all military personnel implicated in incidents of brutality, extortion, torture, unlawful detention, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings committed at military checkpoints within the South-East region from 2018 to date.

8. An order awarding the sum of N500,000,000,000.00 (Five Hundred Billion Naira) as exemplary, aggravated and general damages against the Respondents jointly and severally for the widespread and continuing violation of the fundamental rights of citizens of the South-East Region of Nigeria.

9. An order directing the Respondents to issue a formal public apology to the citizens Southeast States in at least three national newspapers and on national television.

10. An order of perpetual injunction restraining the Respondents, whether by themselves, their officers, agents, servants, privies or any persons acting under their authority, from establishing, maintaining or redeploying military checkpoints or roadblocks in the
South-East region except in circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution.

Signed:

Aloy Ejimakor, Esq.

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