{"id":361425,"date":"2025-07-27T17:29:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T16:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=361425"},"modified":"2025-07-27T17:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T16:29:42","slug":"charley-boy-bus-stop-arbitrary-street-renaming-violates-constitution-falana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/07\/27\/charley-boy-bus-stop-arbitrary-street-renaming-violates-constitution-falana\/","title":{"rendered":"Charley Boy Bus Stop: Arbitrary street renaming violates constitution \u2014 Falana"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Falana said arbitrary street renaming in Lagos violates the 1999 Constitution, which vests the responsibility solely in local councils.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He referenced a court ruling affirming that municipal councils have exclusive powers to name or rename streets within their jurisdictions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has criticised the arbitrary renaming of streets and bus stops in Lagos State, describing the practice as &#8220;illegal and undemocratic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Saturday, Falana condemned the recent change of \u201cCharley Boy Bus Stop\u201d to \u201cBaddo Bus Stop\u201d by Kolade Alabi, former chairman of Bariga Local Council Development Area.<\/p>\n<p>He also faulted reports of streets being named after President Bola Tinubu, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and industrialist Aliko Dangote\u2019s alleged naming of streets to honour the late Herbert Wigwe and President Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the 1999 Constitution (as amended) vests the responsibility of naming and numbering streets exclusively in local government councils.<\/p>\n<p>Falana referenced the legal precedent set in Chief Obidi Ume v. 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