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EndBadGovernance Protest: No minor was charged to court – Police

Spokesperson for the Nigeria Police, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said the force did not arraign minors as those who appeared in court were liable.

There were outrage from Nigerians over the arraignment of 76 suspects which included 32 minors, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, for taking part in the EndBadGovernance protest in August.

The suspects, who have been in detention for three months, were arrested in the Abuja, Kaduna, Gombe, Jos, Kano, and Kaduna States.

They were arraigned on 10 counts bordering on treason, intent to destabilise Nigeria, and inciting to mutiny by calling for a military takeover.

Defence counsel Marshall Abubakar asked the court to discharge and acquit the suspects which the prosecution counsel Audu Garba objected to and asked the court to grant them bail.

Justice Egwuatu then granted the suspects bail in the Sun of N10 million…
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