President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to review the treasonable felony charges brought against some underage and malnourished children before the Federal High Court in Abuja, which has attracted national and global outrage.

SaharaReporters learnt from sources that Tinubu on Friday ordered the AGF to review the cases and make recommendations accordingly after the Nigerian presidency came under scrutiny for maltreating underage children accused of bogus charges for participating in the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests in August.

SaharaReporters earlier reported that the court presided over by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, granted stringent bail to over 70 persons including minors for their alleged roles in the protests.

Five minors out of the 76 defendants meant to be arraigned on Friday, however, slumped inside the courtroom and were rushed to the hospital.

The minors have been taken back to Kuje Prison following difficulties in meeting their bail conditions.

The court granted each of the defendants N10 million bail among other stringent terms.

However, one of the counsels for the protesters, Deji Adeyanju, lamented that the stringent bail conditions imposed by the court on the protesters who have been in custody since August, meant they had to be taken back to prison custody.

Human rights and advocacy groups across the country have accused President Bola Tinubu of running a cruel, heinous and punitive government.

The groups said this in separate statements issued on Friday while condemning the continued detention and prosecution of #EndBadGovernance protesters.

The groups demanded the unconditional release of all detained protesters, especially minors; immediate suspension of all exorbitant bail conditions granted to the protesters; transparent investigation into the maltreatment of underage detainees, including starvation, physical abuse, and psychological trauma at IRT and other detention centers, and an end to the criminalisation of protests and dissent voices in the country.

One of the statements was jointly signed by Comrade Gerald O Katchy of the National Secretary Committee for the Defence of Human Rights; Omole Ibukun of the Creative Change Centre; Salako Kayode of the Revolutionary Socialist Movement; Hauwa Mustapha of the ASVAB and Comrade Destiny Destiny of the Civil Rights Council.

Others are Agena Robert Ande of Take it Back Movement; Maxwell Adeyemi of the Socialist Labour; Adekunle Gbolahan of the Democratic Socialist Movement and Youth Rights Campaign, and Chinedu Chinedu of the Movement for African Emancipation.

The groups said the arraignment of the protesters before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja exposes the gross and tone-deaf indifference of all arms of the Nigerian government to justice and the well-being of Nigerians.



https://saharareporters.com/2024/11/01/breaking-tinubu-directs-attorney-general-review-case-minors-charged-treason-after

Coward...

The deed has been done...
No amount of repackaging will erase the fact that TINUBU jailed and almost killed Northern Children protesters.

He was even the enforcer of the endsars wahala in LAGOS.

Very wicked people

Each protester granted bail of 10 million

Meanwhile a Rep who assaulted a citizen and threatened to make the citizen disappear with overwhelming evidence was granted bail of 500 thousand.

Nigeria is sick!

Watch how those who spent yesterday defending the persecution of those minors would suddenly change mouth

But this is an afterthought but what ever gets those minors home and free

Sahara reporters again


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0AwH4lY2nU?si=bnjwjOJEj8mChEfZ

Normal normal drug lords are brutal

This man and eyeservice
So he's going to act as if he wasn't aware of those guys' existence before now?

Àsàsì òhun èdì ti wá bá Tilumpu pátápátá.
The mere gory sight of those children should move him to review some of his Draconia policies but pride won't allow him.

Once again, Tilumpu is a disgrace to all omoluabi.

NaMe4:
Each protester granted bail of 10 million

Meanwhile a Rep who assaulted a citizen and threatened to make the citizen disappear with overwhelming evidence was granted bail of 500 thousand.

Nigeria is sick!

A crime scene you mean?

All the commenters here are not in Nigeria. They are all outside the country.

Kingzjayzee:
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to review the treasonable felony charges brought against some underage and malnourished children before the Federal High Court in Abuja, which has attracted national and global outrage.

SaharaReporters learnt from sources that Tinubu on Friday ordered the AGF to review the cases and make recommendations accordingly after the Nigerian presidency came under scrutiny for maltreating underage children accused of bogus charges for participating in the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests in August.

SaharaReporters earlier reported that the court presided over by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, granted stringent bail to over 70 persons including minors for their alleged roles in the protests.

Five minors out of the 76 defendants meant to be arraigned on Friday, however, slumped inside the courtroom and were rushed to the hospital.

The minors have been taken back to Kuje Prison following difficulties in meeting their bail conditions.

The court granted each of the defendants N10 million bail among other stringent terms.

However, one of the counsels for the protesters, Deji Adeyanju, lamented that the stringent bail conditions imposed by the court on the protesters who have been in custody since August, meant they had to be taken back to prison custody.

Human rights and advocacy groups across the country have accused President Bola Tinubu of running a cruel, heinous and punitive government.

The groups said this in separate statements issued on Friday while condemning the continued detention and prosecution of #EndBadGovernance protesters.

The groups demanded the unconditional release of all detained protesters, especially minors; immediate suspension of all exorbitant bail conditions granted to the protesters; transparent investigation into the maltreatment of underage detainees, including starvation, physical abuse, and psychological trauma at IRT and other detention centers, and an end to the criminalisation of protests and dissent voices in the country.

One of the statements was jointly signed by Comrade Gerald O Katchy of the National Secretary Committee for the Defence of Human Rights; Omole Ibukun of the Creative Change Centre; Salako Kayode of the Revolutionary Socialist Movement; Hauwa Mustapha of the ASVAB and Comrade Destiny Destiny of the Civil Rights Council.

Others are Agena Robert Ande of Take it Back Movement; Maxwell Adeyemi of the Socialist Labour; Adekunle Gbolahan of the Democratic Socialist Movement and Youth Rights Campaign, and Chinedu Chinedu of the Movement for African Emancipation.

The groups said the arraignment of the protesters before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja exposes the gross and tone-deaf indifference of all arms of the Nigerian government to justice and the well-being of Nigerians.



https://saharareporters.com/2024/11/01/breaking-tinubu-directs-attorney-general-review-case-minors-charged-treason-after

It's all evident and everyone can see that the Executive are the one determining court Judgements now. What a shame 😞

Tinubu and Buhari protested throughout Jonathan administration Na the idiots is locking children up for protesting

xtivin:


It's all evident and everyone can see that the Executive are the one determining court Judgements now. What a shame 😞

Gbam

mrvitalis:
Watch how those who spent yesterday defending the persecution of those minors would suddenly change mouth

But this is an afterthought but what ever gets those minors home and free

They will say "listening president"

Very useless and stupid people

xtivin:


It's all evident and everyone can see that the Executive are the one determining court Judgements now. What a shame 😞

Nigeria is under state capture.
FG decides everything now, judiciary and legislature exist for the sake of it.

The case would be thrown out with no concrete evidence.

The miscreants should have known that before they attempted the protest

What will Presidential spokesperson say on this

They are all lost, next election will be tough 🔥💯

Thank you Mr President for this humane and kind gesture.

villagereporter:
Àsàsì òhun èdì ti wá bá Tilumpu pátápátá.
The mere gory sight of those children should move him to review some of his Draconia policies but pride won't allow him.

Once again, Tilumpu is a disgrace to all omoluabi.

I believe you warched video of end bad governance in Kano and Kaduna. If your shop were among the shops that were looted and vandalised, i am strongly believe you wouldnt be saying this. Those boys are potential terrorist. Dis u not see where they deatroyed traffici l8ght.. Haba traffick light. Im not a fan of Tpain... But truth must be told those boys are terrorist

Tinubu will definitely loose 2027... yorubas will never be given a chance to rule again ... they have over 4kd up

Let the AGF do the needful. The minors shouldn't have been arrested in the first place

But To Begin with, shey this small kids are the one charged with treason and they are serious with it.

I have forgotten that The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has been very effective lately by arresting all kidnappers and looters, and our judiciary system better day by day most especially after the 300% Salary increment they have prosecuted all other criminal cases.

Kudos to their good work

mrvitalis:
Watch how those who spent yesterday defending the persecution of those minors would suddenly change mouth

But this is an afterthought but what ever gets those minors home and free

They are already doing so on X.
They are so predictable!
They are human beings with no value, they are blind followers to people who pay them not to use their sense of reasoning. They don't care what happens to majority of Nigerians as long as they are being paid not to use their brain.

This same man ran his mouth against every government since 1993, he ran away from Nigeria when Abacha became head of state and from afar was against the military government. The military government he fought for human rights abuses and truncation of democracy is what he’s now behaving like.