Court Grants N10m Bail Each To 67 Minors Arrested During EndBadGovernance Protest
On Friday, Justice Obiora Egwuatu granted bail in the amount of N10 million each to approximately 67 minors out of the 76 charged with participating in the August 2024 “End Bad Governance” protests.
Minors under the age of 15 who were granted bail are required to present one surety, who must be a public official.
Meanwhile, another 87 individuals, who are adults, are currently being arraigned on the same charges.
Those being arraigned are primarily from Kaduna State.
They are charged with treason, conspiracy to commit a felony with intent to destabilize Nigeria, contrary to Article 96 of the Penal Code, and 10 counts punishable under Article 97 of the Penal Code.
The protesters, mostly minors, appeared malnourished; four of them were unable to stand on their feet and were hurriedly carried out of the courtroom.
They looked very sickly and were writhing in pain on the floor of the courtroom.
All 76 of them were arrested and detained during nationwide protests that took place from August 1 to 10. The protests stemmed from widespread economic hardship that prompted many Nigerians to take to the streets to express their grievances.
The 76 protesters were arrested in Abuja, Kaduna, Gombe, Jos, Katsina, and Kano and are being accused of treason among others.
The protesters are; Nura Ibrahim 24 years, Abdulbasi Abdusalami, 34years, Ahmed Yusuf 25 years, Awolu Abdulahi 21 years, Umar Musa 15 years, Muhammadu Mustapha 16 years, Umar Muhammed 23 years, Umar Inusa 18 years, Abdullahi Sani 21 years, Abba Usman 30 years, Ibrahim Rabiu 16 years, Abubakar San, 19 years, Abubakar Abdullahi 18 years, Amir Muhammed 17 years, Umar Ali 17 years, Saminu Sani 22 years, Muhammed Musa 14years, Suleiman Dauda 18 years, Ismail Abdullah 27 years and Haruna Suleiman 22 years.
Others are Bello Abdullahi 23 years, Usman Yunusa 20 years, Umar Umar 25 years, Sani Aliyu 17years, Yusuf Lawal 21 years, Abba Adamu 22 years, Abbas Hamza 20 years, Tasiu Lawal 16 years, Jamilu Haruna 16 years, Usman Mohammed 20 years, Aminu Usaini 20 years, Aminu Mohammed 24 years, Abdullahi Suleiman 16 years, Bilal Auwalu 15 years, Umar Kabir 22 years, Abubakar Ibrahim 18 years, Usman Yusuf 22 years, Abubakar Adam 16 years, Suleiman Ali 16 years, Mubarak Hamza 23 years, Ibrahim Musa 24 years, Samani Ali 25 years, Yahaya Sani 20 years, Umar Sani 26 years, Abbas Haliru 24 years, Sani Idris 17 years, Tashiru Mohammed 18 years, Abdulaziz Abubakar 15 years, Usman Sirajo 16 yrs and Musa Adam 22 years.
The rest are; Mukhtari Yahaya 17yrs, Abba Ahmad 23yrs, Umar Mohammed 24 years, Yahaya Musa 18 years, Umar Abdullahi 17 years, Salisu Adamu 16yrs, Habibu Sani 17 years, Sadiq Sanusi 15yrs, Ibrahim Sani 17 years, Mustapha Kabir 16yrs, Saifullah Mohammed 17 years, Hassan Mohammed 17 years, Mustapha Abubakar 17 years, Sanusi Nura 14 years, Abdulmalik Auwal 19 years, Musa Ishaku 17 years, Abdulrahman Ibrahim 17 years, Usman Ibrahim, Usman Fatihu 21 years, Abdulganiu Musa 15 years, Sagir Hassan 19 years, Saidu Usman 25yrs, Abubakar Muhammed 22 years, Kabiru Sani 25 years, Muhammed Yahaya 14yrs, Mukhtar Alhassan 16 years, and Mustapha Ibrahim 18 years.
