Counsel to the Nigerian government, Rimazonte Ezekiel has said that the EndBadGovernance protesters arraigned on Friday at the Federal High Court were all adults.
The statement comes amid the uproar that greeted the
arraignment of the protesters, mostly minors, who participated during the
recent EndBadGovernance protest.
One of the minors arraigned collapsed before the
commencement of trial.
However, in a video by Channels Television, Ezekiel, while
speaking after the court proceeding, said most of the suspects were married men
and that none of them is a minor.
''These boys that we brought to the court today are all adults. Most of them are married men, None of them is a minor.'' — Counsel to the FG.
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The lawyer said they were arrested in Kaduna and Zaria.
“These boys that we brought to the court today, all of them
are adults. Most of them are married men; none of them is a minor.
“Some of them are university graduates. The small kids that
you are seeing here, they came with their parents to greet their loved ones.
They are not even the real suspects standing trial in this case. These boys
were arrested in Kaduna and Zaria.
“Imagine the level we are at now. Do you know what it cost
us to be at the level of this democracy? These young boys are trying to
destabilize Nigeria using the Russian flag and other countries; calling on the
military to remove our President. Is it fair? Even to remove the State
governors, that they don’t want democracy again.
“If you don’t like democracy, are we forcing you? You go
back home and sit. Everybody is enjoying their fundamental rights, nobody is
abusing their rights. Everybody is enjoying free movement and everything is
moving fine in the country.
“These boys for no reason started protests with foreign
flags, Russian flag. Is that what we want in this country?
“Don’t mind the defence council, they will always find
something to say to tarnish the image of Nigerian police; it’s not true.
“In my own case, we filed charges against 43 defendants.
They were all produced in the court today. All of them are fully adults,” he
said.
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