The Apeal Court ruling voiding the Public Order Act which law enforcement agents used over the years to humilate, maim, intimidate and jail innocent Nigerians is commendable.
This progressive ruling has furthered strenghtened the hope of the common man in the nation's judiciary which has recently woken from 'slumber' to its civic and constitutional duties.
It's unthinkable in the past to defy the Public Order Act to hold rallies and congresses but alas its uhuru for activists who can assemble anywhere and anytime to express themselves.
What then happens to victims of the Public Order Act? Any form of compensation from government? Can they go to court to seek public apology? Or do we see their ordeal as sacrifice for the restoration of the rule of law?
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