Kano gov pushes for release of minors

Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf

The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has directed the state Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice to act on the detention of minors from the state who are among the #EndBadGovernance protesters arraigned at the Federal High court in Abuja on Friday.

The state commissioner of Information and Internal Affairs, Baba Halilu Dantiye confirmed the development to The Punch on Sunday

Recall that the Federal Government on Friday arraigned no fewer than 76 protesters who were arrested during the last #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in the country.

The protesters who had among them minors, who were visibly looking malnourished in a video which circulated, were arraigned by the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on 10 counts, including treason, incitement to mutiny by urging the military to remove President Bola Tinubu and other related charges. All 76 defendants pleaded not guilty.

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Dantiye said that Yusuf gave the directive via his X handle since the arraignment video went viral.

“The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has instructed the state’s Commissioner for Justice to act on the development.

“My attention has been drawn to the appearance of teenagers (some believed to be from Kano) in court today (Friday) in Abuja.”

“The Commissioner of Justice has been instructed to act immediately on the issue. We shall do everything possible to get them back to Kano, insha Allah,” the governor’s statement read on X.

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