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The organisers of the protest had expressly demanded the use of a particular location for the duration of the protest. More reactions have continued to trail the order by Justice Slyvanius Oriji of the FCT high court restricting Abuja protesters to the MKO Abiola National Stadium.An Abuja-based legal practitioner, Christopher Adie, said the court had powers which are contained in the constitution to grant such orders. “The powers of a Court of law are enormous; the residence of these powers in our legal system is not far-fetched; Section 6(6) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nige…