Court throws out rights suit challenging regulatory crackdown on drug stores

From Aniekan Aniekan, Calabar
A Federal High Court in Calabar has dismissed a fundamental rights suit against the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, PCN, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, over the closure of two drug stores in Calabar last year.
The suit, marked FHC/CA/FHR/39/2025, was filed by Ezea Asidora and others. They alleged rights abuse after officials sealed their stores during an operation on March 10 and 18, 2025.
The stores were reportedly unsealed by the applicants, which prompted the institution of a criminal case against those involved in a separate case marked FHC/CA/76C/2025: FRN v. Ezea Asidora.
Dismissing the fundamental rights suit, Justice Ij...