OVER three months after they were arrested and kept in custody, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today ordered the release of all minors arrested and detained over #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests. The protests took place in August.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents, on Monday.
Minister Idris was flanked by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy; Sunday Dare, Special Adviser on Public Communications and Orientation.
“The President has directed that all minors be released and also reunited with their families anywhere they are in the country. A committee has been set up to look at the issues surrounding their arrest, detention and release. All the law enforcement agents related to the case will be investigated and anyone found wanting will be brought to book,” he said.
The President obviously bowed to public pressure and outcry by Nigerians and the international community who condemned the inhumane treatment of the minors, six of whom fainted in the court premises, an incident described by the Inspector-General of Police as a script to garner public sympathy.
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