CLO Kicks Against Early Closure Of Lagos Estate Gate To Motorist, Pedestrians

<h4>&NewLine;CLO Kicks Against Early Closure Of Lagos Estate Gate To Motorist<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Civil Liberties Organization &lpar;CLO&rpar;&comma; a human rights group in Lagos&comma; has expressed concerns over early closure of the entrance gate into Abel Orebiyi Street&comma; off Salvation Road&comma; in Opebi&comma; Ikeja&comma; Lagos State&comma; against motorists&comma; at 8&colon;00pm daily&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CLO contended that such denies residents access through the gate&comma; when there is no curfew or visible security threat&comma; saying it is abuse of human right and personal liberty of the people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Our investigation revealed that on closing the Abel Orebiyi Gate at 8&colon;00pm&comma; security guards direct motorists to use the gate of Ajanaku Street to get to their residence or destination&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; non-residents&comma; including dispatch riders delivering courier services&comma; are not allowed to enter the estate with their cars or motorbikes through Abel Orebiyi Street at any hour of the day&period; Guests who attended events in the estate were not excluded from the restrictions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They are all directed by the security guards to go through Ajanaku Street&comma; which is about 120 meters away&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;There has been latent discontentment among source residents affected by the early disclosure of the entrance gate&period; There were&comma; however&comma; divided opinions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking on condition of anonymity&comma; some residents asserted that the early closure of the gate is a security measure in the interest of all residents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;20787" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-20787" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-20787" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;obasa&period;jpg" alt&equals;"CLO Kicks Against Early Closure Of Lagos Estate Gate To Motorist&comma; Pedestrians" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-20787" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker&comma; Obasa<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Some others argued that the timing is too early&comma; and should be reviewed at 12 midnight&comma; as in other places&period; They added that it is affecting their businesses&comma; mostly the restriction of non-residents&comma; though people trekking have access&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; at the gate&comma; there is a public notice that the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;estate is strictly residential and commercial activities are not allowed&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the Head of Legal Unit at CLO in Lagos&comma; Princewill Akpakpan&comma; acknowledging that security is very important&comma; emphasized that security measures must take into consideration the peculiarity of the environment and the interest of the people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Akpakpan asserted that streets&comma; like roads&comma; are public space&comma; not private&period; He contended that the public supersedes private concerns&comma; noting that the restrictions would affect people’s business&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Akpakpan noted that Abel Orebiye Street and its environs is in Lagos metropolis&comma; and is close to police formations around Ikeja&comma; noting that rapid security responses are easily available in the metropolis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He&comma; therefore&comma; declared that the closure of Abel Orebiye street gate at 8&colon;00pm is a violation of the human rights and personal liberties of residents driving late&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Akpakpan pointed out that if residents of Ajanaku Street should close their gate at the same evening hours&comma; how would car owners access Abel Orebiyi Street&quest;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He advocated that the Residents association should be called into question&comma; and that the police should order them to open the gate till 12 midnight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Efforts to contact the resident’s association leadership were not successful at the time of this report&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;20041" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-20041" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-20041" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;Sanwo-Olu-300x209&period;jpg" alt&equals;"CLO Kicks Against Early Closure Of Lagos Estate Gate To Motorist&comma; Pedestrians" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"209" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-20041" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Lagos Governor&comma; Bababajide Sanwo-Olu<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;