News: Federal High Court nullifies collection of toll on Lekki-Ikoyi bridge

A federal high court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ruled against the collection of toll fees on the Lekki-Ikoyi suspension bridge; describing the action as illegal, null and void.
The suit was filed by Human Rights Lawyer, Ebun Adegboruwa.
Justice Saidu, J, who delivered the court’s ruling held that all navigable waters in the country where under the province of the federal government and the state governments had no business making money off federal landmarks. He said the State Government could only apply toll collection on the bridge if it was done under the public-private partnership arrangement. He however said this was not the case because all legal documents brought before the court showed the bridge was built from State Government funds.
“Thus, since there is no law supporting the toll fee, it is illegal and should be stopped forthwith”, Justice Saidu said.
Adegboruwa commended the ruling by the court, saying; “Coming a day after the same court nullified the imposition of new number plates, this judgment should be an elixir to all Nigerians to challenge in the court, all illegal taxes and arbitrary charges in the name of road tax, PHCN metre maintenance charge, estimate bills without electricity, and so on”.