A minor, who is among 76 persons set to be arraigned on Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja for participating in the recent EndBadGovernance protest held across the country, collapsed before the commencement of the trial.
The defendant, who is barely 15 years old, slumped as the charge was about to be read to them by trial Justice Obiora Egwuatu. The incident forced the judge to abruptly stop the proceedings and return to his chambers. The frail-looking boy was rushed to the court’s clinic as his co-defendants, who are mostly minors, wept uncontrollably. One of the counsels representing the defendants, Mr Deji Adeyanju had earlier disclosed that the minors had spent over 80 days in police custody.
He also revealed that the 76 defendants, who will be answering to a 10-count charge marked: FCH/ABJ/CS/503/2024, are among many others who were arrested in Abuja and Kano state during the protest Specifically, police, in the charge that was signed by its team of lawyers led by DCP Simon Lough, SAN, alleged that the defendants, alongside others that are currently at large, had between July 31 and August 4, at Abuja and Kano metropolis, while acting in concert and with intent to destabilize...
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