Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has unblocked human rights lawyer Festus Ogun on X (formerly Twitter) after a meeting at Lagos House, Marina, on Friday.
Mr Ogun disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Saturday night, saying the governor personally invited him for a brief meeting to address his complaints.
“Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has unblocked me on X (Twitter). I met briefly with him yesterday at Lagos House Marina, on his invitation, to amicably resolve my complaint of human rights violations. We will continue to hold authorities accountable, regardless. Aluta continua!” he wrote.
The development comes nearly two weeks after Ogun filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Lagos, challenging the governor’s decision to block him since 2021 after he criticised government policies and demanded accountability for the October 2020 #EndSARS protest killings.
In the suit, Ogun argued that the action violated his constitutional rights to freedom of expression, access to information and protection from discrimination.
He asked the court to declare the action unconstitutional, order the governor to unblock him, restrain public officials from blocking citizens on social media and mandate a public apology.
The lawyer also cited the 2019 U.S. ruling in Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump, where a federal court held that former President Donald Trump violated citizens’ rights by blocking them on Twitter.
Ogun stressed that the case was not about personal grievance but about setting a precedent in Nigeria’s digital rights jurisprudence.
Governor Sanwo-Olu has yet to issue a public statement on his meeting with the lawyer.
