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The Minister of Justice and Lawyer-Normal of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has requested for the case file of the #EndBadGovernance protesters arraigned by the Nigerian police on Friday, together with underage youngsters, a few of whom colapsed within the courtroom.
The Bureau Newspaper earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu had ordered the Minister of Justice, Fagbemi, to evaluation the treasonable felony expenses introduced towards the underage and malnourished youngsters earlier than the Federal Excessive Courtroom in Abuja which has attracted nationwide and international outrage.
The Bureau Newspaper on Friday night learnt that Tinubu ordered the AGF to evaluation the circumstances and make suggestions accordingly after the Nigerian presidency got here below scrutiny for maltreating underage youngsters accused of bogus expenses for taking part within the #EndBadGovernance protest.
In an announcement he personally signed on Friday night, the AGF mentioned, “It has simply come to my discover that the police have arraigned these arrested in reference to the Endbad governance violent protest in courtroom for varied offences together with treason.
“There are some points my workplace might want to look into concerning the matter to allow me take an knowledgeable choice. I’m conscious that the courtroom has remanded the defendants in detention centres and adjourned the case to January.
“It’s not inside my energy to fluctuate the order of the courtroom remanding the defendants in detention centres and adjourning the case to January. I’ve, nevertheless, directed the Nigeria Police to switch the casefile to my workplace and hand over similar to the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation (DPPF) tomorrow, Saturday 2nd November, 2024.
“I’ve additional directed the DPPF to right away put equipment in movement for consideration of the courtroom to carry the adjournment date ahead (an earlier date).”
The Bureau Newspaper earlier reported that the courtroom presided over by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, granted stringent bail circumstances to over 70 individuals, together with minors, for his or her alleged roles within the #EndBadGovernance protest held in August 2024.
The youngsters have been taken again to Kuje Jail following difficulties in assembly their bail circumstances.
The courtroom granted every of the defendants N10 million bail amongst different stringent phrases.
Nevertheless, one of many counsels for the protesters, Deji Adeyanju, lamented that the stringent bail circumstances imposed by the courtroom on the protesters meant they needed to be taken again to jail custody.
Human rights and advocacy teams throughout the nation have accused President Tinubu of working a merciless, heinous and punitive authorities.
The teams mentioned this in separate statements issued on Friday whereas condemning the continued detention and prosecution of the #EndBadGovernance protesters.
The teams demanded unconditional launch of all detained protesters, particularly minors; rapid suspension of all exorbitant bail circumstances granted to the protesters; clear investigation into the maltreatment of underage detainees, together with hunger, bodily abuse, and psychological trauma at IRT and different detention centres, and an finish to the criminalisation of protests and dissent voices within the nation.
